Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 98-102 , April 2006

Spontaneous Preterm Labor and Premature Rupture of Membranes at Late Preterm Gestations: To Deliver or Not to Deliver

  • John C. Hauth, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to John C. Hauth, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 619 19th Street South, 246 OHB, Birmingham, AL.

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PII: S0146-0005(06)00045-0

doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2006.02.008

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 98-102 , April 2006

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