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The value of measuring cervical length between 24 and 28 weeks of gestation for predicting the risk of late and post-term pregnancy

Cenk Soysala Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kütahya Health Sciences University, Kutahya, TurkeyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1904-7282
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Mehmet Murat Işıkalanb Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 3402-3407 | Received 08 Jul 2020, Accepted 04 Dec 2020, Published online: 20 Dec 2020

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