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Optimizing Fetal Heart Screening at the Anatomy Ultrasound

Dena Towner

Keywords : Fetal echo,Fetal heart,Heart defect,Screening

Citation Information : Towner D. Optimizing Fetal Heart Screening at the Anatomy Ultrasound. Donald School J Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2016; 10 (1):50-54.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10009-1442

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 01-09-2016

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2016; The Author(s).


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Towner D. Optimizing Fetal Heart Screening at the Anatomy Ultrasound. Donald School J Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2016;10(1):50-54.


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