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Original Article

A Comparative Study of Uterine Activity in Labour Induced with Prostaglandin F2A Or Oxytocin and in Spontaneous Labour: Ii. Characteristics of Uterine Activity and Their Effect On the Progress of Labour

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Pages 87-94 | Received 23 Oct 1975, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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