Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 585-589 , July 2009

Evaluation of Placental Volume at 7–10+6 Weeks of Pregnancy by 3D-Sonography

,Accepted 20 April 2009.

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PII: S0143-4004(09)00129-5

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.04.008

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 585-589 , July 2009