Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 296-304 , October 2006

Respiratory Transition in Infants Delivered by Cesarean Section

  • Lucky Jain, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Lucky Jain, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, 2015 Uppergate Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322.
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  • Golde G. Dudell, MD

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doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2006.07.011

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 296-304 , October 2006

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