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Letter to the Editor

Persistent occiput posterior position associated to asynclitism, solved by manual rotation: is always possible to perform safely this maneuver?

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Pages 1797-1798 | Received 15 Apr 2016, Accepted 14 Aug 2016, Published online: 09 Sep 2016

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