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The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine Volume 30, 2017 - Issue 16
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Original Article

Optimal weight gain in triplet pregnancies

Robert C. JohnstonDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of California at Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA, Correspondence[email protected]
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Hadi ErfaniDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine & Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA,
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Amir A. ShamshirsazDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine & Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA,
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Melissa SpielSchool of Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA,
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Sam F. RavangardSchool of Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA,
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Majid ShamanSchool of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA,
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M. Baraa AllafStony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA, and
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Alireza A. ShamshirsazDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine & Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA,
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Sina HaeriAustin Maternal-Fetal Medicine, St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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Pages 1912-1915 | Received 05 May 2016, Accepted 25 Aug 2016, Published online: 19 Sep 2016

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