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The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine Volume 25, 2012 - Issue 3
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Original Article

Outcome of monochorionic twin pregnancies with abnormal umbilical artery Doppler between 16 and 20 weeks of gestation

Min Pan
,
Min Chen
,
Tak Yeung LeungFetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
,
Daljit Singh SahotaFetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
,
Yuen Ha TingFetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
&
Tze Kin LauFetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 277-280 | Received 24 Dec 2010, Accepted 04 Mar 2011, Published online: 11 May 2011

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