Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 857-870 , December 2009

Obstetric management of intrauterine growth restriction

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.08.011

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 857-870 , December 2009

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