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Chapter 9 - Vaginal Birth after Cesarean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2017

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Sara Petruska
Edited by
Martin Olsen
Martin Olsen
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East Tennessee State University
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Obstetric Care , pp. 80 - 85
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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