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Chapter 11 - Perineal Trauma after Vaginal Delivery: Third and Fourth Degree Lacerations and Hematomas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2017

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Anjali Martinez
Edited by
Martin Olsen
Martin Olsen
Affiliation:
East Tennessee State University
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Obstetric Care , pp. 99 - 104
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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