How to Do a Fetal Cardiac Scan

Overview

Journal Arch Gynecol Obstet

Specialty Gynecology & Obstetrics

Date 2023 Feb 14

PMID 36786908

Authors

Paola Quaresima

Vlasta Fesslova

Antonio Farina

Karl Oliver Kagan

Massimo Candiani

Michele Morelli

Fatima Crispi

Paolo Ivo Cavoretto

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