Long-term complications of the second stage of labor

Contemporary Ob-Gyn

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 119-126

  Devine II, John B ^a,b   Ostergard, Donald R ^a,b   Noblett, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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