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Chapter 4 - Delivery of Twins

from Section 3 - Pathology of Labor and Labor and Delivery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2017

By
M. Laubach  and
Y. Jacquemyn
Edited by
P. Joep Dörr ,
Vincent M. Khouw ,
Frank A. Chervenak ,
Amos Grunebaum ,
Yves Jacquemyn  and
Jan G. Nijhuis
P. Joep Dörr
Affiliation:
HMC Haaglanden Medical Centre, The Hague
Vincent M. Khouw
Affiliation:
VMK Designs, Utrecht
Frank A. Chervenak
Affiliation:
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Amos Grunebaum
Affiliation:
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Yves Jacquemyn
Affiliation:
Antwerp University Hospital
Jan G. Nijhuis
Affiliation:
Maastricht University Medical Centre, the Netherlands
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Obstetric Interventions , pp. 91 - 99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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