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IS PERINATAL POST-MORTEM MRI READY FOR ROUTINE CLINICAL PRACTICE?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2013

ANDREW CG BREEZE
ANDREW CG BREEZE*
Affiliation:
Consultant Obstetrician and Subspecialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Maternity Unit, Kingston Hospital NHS Trust, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, UK.
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Andrew CG Breeze, MA, MD, MRCOG, Consultant Obstetrician and Subspecialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Maternity Unit, Kingston Hospital NHS Trust, Galsworthy Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 7QB, UK. Email: acgbreeze@doctors.org.uk
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Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , February 2013 , pp. 38 - 43
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