Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 206-212 , June 2008

Growth Abnormalities and Multiple Gestations

  • Jane Cleary-Goldman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Jane Cleary-Goldman, MD, Carnegie Hill Imaging for Women, 70 East 90 Street, PH-16-66, New York, NY 10128.
    • ,
  • Mary E. D'Alton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2008.02.009

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 206-212 , June 2008

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