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Gynecological Endocrinology Volume 11, 1997 - Issue 1
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Does creatinine adjustment of urinary pregnanediol glucuronide reduce or introduce measurement error?

H. Zacur Department of Gynecology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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S. C. Kaufman National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland
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B. Smith Department of Gynecology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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C. Westhoff Columbia University, New York City
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D. Helbig State University of New York at Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Y. J. Lee National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland
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G. Gentile State University of New York at Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Pages 29-33 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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