Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 5 , Pages 1285-1299 , November 2005

Structural and functional early human development assessed by three-dimensional and four-dimensional sonography

  • Asim Kurjak, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Sveti Duh Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Asim Kurjak, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Sveti Duh Hospital, Sveti Duh 64, Zagreb, Croatia (FAX: 385-1-3745534).
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  • Ritsuko K. Pooh, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Center for Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, National Kagawa Children’s Hospital, Kagawa, Japan
    • ,
  • Luis T. Merce, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Assisted Reproduction Unit, International Ruber Hospital, Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Jose M. Carrera, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Aida Salihagic-Kadic, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Sveti Duh Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
    • ,
  • Wiku Andonotopo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health, Ministry of Health, Republic of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

Received 13 January 2005 ,Revised 17 March 2005 ,Accepted 17 March 2005.

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 Supported by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Sveti Duh Hospital, Croatia.

PII: S0015-0282(05)02794-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.03.084

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 5 , Pages 1285-1299 , November 2005

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