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Case Report

Prolonged morphine exposure in utero causes fetal and placental vasoconstriction: A case report

Laura R Collins Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Richard W Hall Department of Neonatology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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Nafisa K Dajani Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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Paul J Wendel Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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Curtis L Lowery Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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Helen H Kay Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Pages 417-421 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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