The delivery probability profile: A new tool to predict PTD?

Contemporary Ob/Gyn

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-51

  Kurtzman, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 38349011061     PISSN: 00903159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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