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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