Clinico-pathological discrepancies in the diagnosis of causes of maternal death in sub-Saharan Africa: retrospective analysis.

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Published in PLoS Med on February 24, 2009

Authors

Jaume Ordi1, Mamudo R Ismail, Carla Carrilho, Cleofé Romagosa, Nafissa Osman, Fernanda Machungo, Josep A Bombí, Juan Balasch, Pedro L Alonso, Clara Menéndez

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d'investigacions biomédiques August Pi I Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain. jordi@clinic.ub.es

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