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Chapter 7 - Saving Mothers’ Lives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2017

Adel Elkady ,
Bashir Dawlatly ,
Mustafa Hassan Ahmed  and
Alexandra Rees
By
Roshni R Patel
Adel Elkady
Affiliation:
Police Force Hospital, Cairo
Bashir Dawlatly
Affiliation:
Whipps Cross University Hospital, London
Mustafa Hassan Ahmed
Affiliation:
Southend University Hospital
Alexandra Rees
Affiliation:
University Hospital Wales
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Mastering Single Best Answer Questions for the Part 2 MRCOG Examination
An Evidence-Based Approach
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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