Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 372-377 , December 2007

Contraception for the Transplant Patient

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doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2007.09.007

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 372-377 , December 2007

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