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Original Article

Added value of cerebro-placental ratio and uterine artery Doppler at routine third trimester screening as a predictor of SGA and FGR in non-selected pregnancies

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Pages 2554-2560 | Received 05 Jan 2018, Accepted 12 Feb 2018, Published online: 04 Mar 2018

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