effect of fetal sex on maternal and obstetric outcomes

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Al Qaraghouli, Mohammed ^a   Fang, Yu Ming Victor ^a  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal; Maternal; Obstetrical; Outcome; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031125265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2017.00144     Document Type: Review

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