Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 8 , Pages 1221-1223 , August 2010

Exposure to Ultrasound in Utero: Epidemiology and Relevance of Neuronal Migration Studies

  • Karel Maršál

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Karel Maršál, MD, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Lund, 22185 Lund, Sweden.

Received 13 May 2009 ,Revised 4 March 2010 ,Accepted 15 March 2010.

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PII: S0301-5629(10)00119-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.03.009

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 8 , Pages 1221-1223 , August 2010

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