Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 148-153 , June 2008

Optimal Growth Modeling

  • Shane Reeves, MD
    • ,
  • Ira M. Bernstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Ira M. Bernstein, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Smith 407, FAHC, 111 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401-1435.

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PII: S0146-0005(07)00135-8

doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2007.11.001

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 148-153 , June 2008

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