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ISRN Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 308759, 6 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/308759
Research Article
Utility of First Trimester Ultrasonography before 11 Weeks of Gestation: A Retrospective Study
Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital, Hamamonu, 06230 Ankara, Turkey
Received 28 August 2012; Accepted 17 September 2012
Academic Editors: M. Kühnert and K. Yang
Copyright © 2012 Sevki Celen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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