VBAC: Is it worth the risk?: No. Patients should have the option of elective repeat C/S

Contemporary Ob/Gyn

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 27-34

  Greene, Michael F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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