INTERGROWTH‐21st – Time to standardise fetal measurement in Australia
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1Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia 2Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 3Pauline Gandel Imaging Centre and Perinatal Medicine Department, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 4Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 5University of Melbourne Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of Perinatal Medicine, Mercy Hospital for Women, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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دوره 18 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015