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Original Article

Magnetic resonance imaging of the cervix in women at high risk for preterm delivery

Begoña Martinez de TejadaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Daniel L. FaltinDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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Karen KinkelDepartmentof Radiology, University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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Marie-Julia GuittierDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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Michel BoulvainDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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Olivier IrionDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
Pages 1392-1397 | Received 29 Dec 2010, Accepted 04 Jan 2011, Published online: 08 Feb 2011

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