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Original Article

An objective scoring method to evaluate image quality of middle cerebral artery Doppler

S. Ruiz-MartinezObstetrics Department, Aragon Institute of Health Research, IIS Aragón, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2925-8892
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G. VolpeNuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6307-1912
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S. VannucciniNuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5790-587X
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A. CavallaroNuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK; ;Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Fetal Medicine Unit, Women’s Center, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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L. ImpeyDepartment of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Fetal Medicine Unit, Women’s Center, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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C. IoannouNuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK; ;Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Fetal Medicine Unit, Women’s Center, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Oxford, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 421-426 | Received 09 Mar 2018, Accepted 26 Jun 2018, Published online: 10 Sep 2018

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