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Pregnancy outcome in the elderly primigravidae

A. O. ILESANMI O. FAWOLE D. O. OLALEYE A. AROWOJOLU Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria; General Clinical Research Center, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, USA
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