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Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Disorders

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As technology continues to advance, we will be diagnosing more and more abnormalities in utero. It behooves all of us to follow this progress so we can offer the optimal care to our patients.

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  1. Sunil Eappen
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  2. Susan E. Ponkey
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Harvard Medical School, USA

    Sanjay Datta MD, FFARCS(ENG) (Professor Anesthesia and Director of Obstetric Anesthesia) & David L. Hepner MD (Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Assistant Director) (Professor Anesthesia and Director of Obstetric Anesthesia) &  (Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Assistant Director)

  2. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 20115, USA

    Sanjay Datta MD, FFARCS(ENG) (Professor Anesthesia and Director of Obstetric Anesthesia) (Professor Anesthesia and Director of Obstetric Anesthesia)

  3. Preadmitting Test Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 20115, USA

    David L. Hepner MD (Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Assistant Director) (Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Assistant Director)

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Eappen, S., Ponkey, S.E. (2004). Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Disorders. In: Datta, S., Hepner, D.L. (eds) Anesthetic and Obstetric Management of High-Risk Pregnancy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21572-7_2

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