Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 16-19 , February 2006

Preeclampsia As a Cause of Preterm and Late Preterm (Near-Term) Births

  • Baha M. Sibai, MD

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PII: S0146-0005(06)00009-7

doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2006.01.008

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 16-19 , February 2006

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