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OBSTETRIC SHORT COMMUNICATION

A case series of 15 women inadvertently exposed to magnetic resonance imaging in the first trimester of pregnancy

J. S. ChoiThe Korean Motherisk Program, Cheil General Hospital & Women’s Healthcare Center, Seoul, Korea;Division of Maternal-Foetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Seoul, KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
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H. K. AhnThe Korean Motherisk Program, Cheil General Hospital & Women’s Healthcare Center, Seoul, Korea;Division of Maternal-Foetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Seoul, Korea
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J. Y. HanThe Korean Motherisk Program, Cheil General Hospital & Women’s Healthcare Center, Seoul, Korea;Division of Maternal-Foetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Seoul, Korea
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Y. J. HanDivision of Maternal-Foetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Seoul, Korea
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D. O. KwakDivision of Maternal-Foetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Seoul, Korea
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E. Y. Velazquez-ArmentaPharmaReasons – Pharmacological Research & Applied Solutions, Ontario, Canada
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A. A. Nava-OcampoPharmaReasons – Pharmacological Research & Applied Solutions, Ontario, Canada;Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto, ON, Canada;Division of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Pages 871-872 | Published online: 02 Jun 2015

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