Quantitative Ultrasound Assessment of the Rat Cervix

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Journal of ultrasound in medicine

• Publication date

  2006-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.7863/jum.2006.25.8.1031PMID 16870896PMCID PMC2654570
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