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Section 2 - Early Pregnancy Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2021

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Tahir Mahmood ,
Charles Savona Ventura ,
Ioannis Messinis  and
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Tahir Mahmood
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Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Charles Savona Ventura
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University of Malta, Malta
Ioannis Messinis
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University of Thessaly, Greece
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
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Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
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The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Obstetrics & Maternal-Fetal Medicine
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