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Chapter 59 - Postpartum and Post-Abortion Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2018

By
Lisa Rahangdale  and
Amy G. Bryant
Edited by
Rachel L. Chin ,
Bradley W. Frazee  and
Zlatan Coralic
Rachel L. Chin
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Bradley W. Frazee
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Zlatan Coralic
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco
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Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases , pp. 406 - 411
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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