Stillbirth: The overlooked obstetric tragedy

Contemporary Ob-Gyn

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 13-28

  Hankins, Gary D V ^a   Spong, Catherine Y ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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