Preterm delivery: A review of the evidence-based literature

Multiple Pregnancy: Epidemiology, Gestation, and Perinatal Outcome

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 626-630

  Owen, D J ^a   Alfirevic, Z ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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