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Gynaecology

Medical management of first trimester miscarriage (blighted ovum and missed abortion): is it effective?

LB Coughlin Countess of Chester NHS Trust, Liverpool Road, Chester, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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D Roberts Countess of Chester NHS Trust, Liverpool Road, Chester, UK
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NG Haddad Countess of Chester NHS Trust, Liverpool Road, Chester, UK
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A Long Countess of Chester NHS Trust, Liverpool Road, Chester, UK
Pages 69-71 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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