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Abdominal circumference discordance for prediction of small for gestational age at birth in twin pregnancies

Milana Gelmana Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel;
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Renana Wilkof-Segeva Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel; Correspondence[email protected]
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Moran Gawie-Rotmana Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel;
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Erez Nadira Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel; ;b Department of Newborn and Neonatal Care, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
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Alon Shrima Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel;
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Mordechai Hallaka Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel;
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Rinat Gabbay-Benziva Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel;
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Pages 3573-3578 | Received 07 Apr 2020, Accepted 30 Sep 2020, Published online: 12 Oct 2020

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