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Research Article| Volume 22, ISSUE 4, P667-725, December 1995

ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF UTERINE FIBROIDS

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0889-8545(21)00660-4
ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF UTERINE FIBROIDS
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