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Fetal Echocardiography and Pulsed-wave Doppler Ultrasound in a Rabbit Model of Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Published on: June 29, 2013
Addressing pitfalls in the study of discrepant umbilical artery Dopplers
Jon G Steller1, John C Hobbins1, Henry L Galan1
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, 3800 West Chapman Ave, Chapman Pavilion, Suite 3400, Orange, CA 92868; Division of Maternal Fetal, Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO; Colorado Fetal Care Center, Children's Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, CO.
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