Ultrasound Detection of a Molar Pregnancy in the Emergency Department
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Supervising Section Editor: Sean O. Henderson MD Submission history: Submitted July 20, 2012; Accepted July 30, 2012 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.7.12994 [West J Emerg Med 2013;14(2):121-122.] Amin Abdi, MD Shannon Stacy, MD Thomas Mailhot, MD Phillips Perera, MD Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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