Prevention of postpartum hemorrhage with misoprostol.

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Published in Int J Gynaecol Obstet on October 24, 2007

Authors

Z Alfirevic1, J Blum, G Walraven, A Weeks, B Winikoff

Author Affiliations

1: School of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. zarko@liv.ac.uk

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