Fetal Cardiac Echogenic Foci
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Departments of Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Gynecology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, and Department of Pediatrics, Taiwan Provincial Kee-Lung Hospital, Keelung. Received: 15 August 2001. Revised: 11 December 2001. Accepted: 5 February 2002. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Dr. Mei-Hwan Wu, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan. POSTNATAL OUTCOME OF FETAL CARDIAC ECHOGENIC FOCI
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