Neue Entwicklungen in der fetalen Echokardiografie

U. Gembruch

doi:10.1055/s-0032-1316301

Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie, Table of Contents

Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol 2012; 216(03): 111-113
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1316301

Editorial

Neue Entwicklungen in der fetalen Echokardiografie

Current Trends of Fetal Echocardiography

U. Gembruch

¹Klinik für Geburtshilfe und Pränatale Medizin, Universitätsklinikum, Bonn

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