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Original Article

Performance of lecithin-sphingomyelin ratio as a reflex test for documenting fetal lung maturity in late preterm and term fetuses

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Pages 1460-1462 | Received 26 Jul 2011, Accepted 10 Nov 2011, Published online: 28 Apr 2012

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