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Does amniotic fluid sludge result in preterm labor in pregnancies after assisted reproduction technology? A nested Case - Control study

Fattaneh PahlavanDepartment of Reproductive Imaging, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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Fatemeh NiknejadDepartment of Reproductive Imaging, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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Shohreh IraniDepartment of Reproductive Imaging, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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Maryam NiknejadiDepartment of Reproductive Imaging, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 7153-7157 | Received 22 Dec 2020, Accepted 16 Jun 2021, Published online: 01 Sep 2021

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