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Chapter 1 - What Is Optimal Fetal Growth?

from Section 1 - Basic Principles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2018

Christoph Lees ,
Gerard H. A. Visser  and
Kurt Hecher
By
Blanka Vasak  and
Gerard H. A. Visser
Christoph Lees
Affiliation:
Imperial College London
Gerard H. A. Visser
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Kurt Hecher
Affiliation:
University Medical Centre, Hamburg
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Placental-Fetal Growth Restriction , pp. 1 - 5
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