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Original Research

Reliability of recurrent pregnancy loss diagnosis coding in the Swedish National Patient Register: a validation study

Emma Rasmark Roepke1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences Lund, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ole Bjarne Christiansen2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aalborg University Hospital, Clinical Institute at Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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Stefan R Hansson1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences Lund, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Pages 375-381 | Published online: 08 May 2019

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