Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 140-147 , June 2008

Diagnosis of IUGR: Traditional Biometry

  • Elizabeth Platz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Elizabeth Platz, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, Suite 634, PO Box 250619, Charleston, SC 29425.
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  • Roger Newman, MD

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doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2008.02.002

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 140-147 , June 2008

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