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32 - Midtrimester Pregnancy Loss

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2017

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Kelly M. McNamee  and
Roy G. Farquharson
Edited by
Roy G. Farquharson  and
Mary D. Stephenson
Roy G. Farquharson
Affiliation:
Liverpool Women's Hospital
Mary D. Stephenson
Affiliation:
University of Illinois College of Medicine
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Early Pregnancy , pp. 314 - 324
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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