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Chapter 25 - Multiple pregnancy: management and outcomes

from Section 7 - Multiple pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

By
Leanne Bricker
Edited by
Bidyut Kumar  and
Zarko Alfirevic
Bidyut Kumar
Affiliation:
Wrexham Maelor Hospital
Zarko Alfirevic
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
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Fetal Medicine , pp. 311 - 320
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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