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Original Article

Elevated Maternal Serum hCG in the Second Trimester Increases Prematurity Rate and Need for Neonatal Intensive Care in Primiparous Preeclamptic Pregnancies

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Pages 99-106 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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