Endocrine Changes in Pregnancy

Williams Textbook of Endocrinology, Twelfth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 819-832

  Braunstein, Glenn D ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-0324-5.00021-3     Document Type: Chapter

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