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Uterine Malformations: Diagnosis with 3D/4D Ultrasound

Oscar Caballero, Francisco Bonilla, Fernando Bonilla-Musoles, Noemi Martin, Mari Pepa Esquembre, Juan Carlos Castillo, Raga Francisco, Luiz Eduardo Machado

Keywords : Congenital uterine malformations,Female reproductive tract,Müllerian anomalies,Three-dimensional ultrasonography

Citation Information : Caballero O, Bonilla F, Bonilla-Musoles F, Martin N, Pepa Esquembre M, Carlos Castillo J, Francisco R, Eduardo Machado L. Uterine Malformations: Diagnosis with 3D/4D Ultrasound. Donald School J Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2015; 9 (2):123-148.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10009-1400

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 01-03-2016

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2015; The Author(s).


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Bonilla-Musoles F, Martin N, Esquembre MP, Caballero O, Castillo JC, Bonilla F Jr, Raga F, Machado L. Uterine Malformations: Diagnosis with 3D/4D Ultrasound. Donald School J Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2015;9(2):123-148.


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