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Pregnancy

First trimester maternal serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A is a predictive factor for early preterm delivery in normotensive pregnancies

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Pages 592-595 | Received 16 Oct 2012, Accepted 26 Feb 2013, Published online: 09 May 2013

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