Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 244-248 , August 2010

Rates and Prediction of Successful Vaginal Birth After Cesarean

  • William A. Grobman, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to William A. Grobman, MD, MBA, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Medical School, 250 East Superior Street, Suite 05-2175, Chicago, IL 60611

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PII: S0146-0005(10)00027-3

doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2010.03.003

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 244-248 , August 2010

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