Letter to editor regarding the article: resolution of acute cervical insufficiency after antibiotics in a case with amniotic fluid sludge

Katarzyna Kosińska-KaczyńskaDepartment of Obstetrics, Perinatology and Neonatology, Center of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, PolandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Magdalena SmykaDepartment of Obstetrics, Perinatology and Neonatology, Center of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, PolandView further author information

Katarzyna BednarekDepartment of Obstetrics, Perinatology and Neonatology, Center of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, PolandView further author information

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