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Original Articles

Can it really predict prior to delivery? A new ultrasonographic method for prediction of short and long umbilical cords in full-term pregnancy

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Pages 4097-4101 | Received 21 Apr 2017, Accepted 24 May 2018, Published online: 19 Jun 2018

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