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• • ·New section: Primary care

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• • ·The interaction between regular exercise and selected aspects of women's health

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    James F. Clapp, Kathleen D. Little

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• • ·Fetal venous, intracardiac, and arterial blood flow measurements in intrauterine growth retardation: Relationship with fetal blood gases

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    Kurt Hecher, Rosalinde Snijders, Stuart Campbell, Kypros Nicolaides

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• • ·Femur/foot length ratio for detection of down syndrome: Results of a multicenter prospective study

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    Hélène Grangjean, Marie-France Sarramon, for the Association Française pour le Dépistage et la Prévention des Handicaps de l'Enfant Study Group

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• • ·Fetal cardiac function and ductus arteriosus during indomethacin and sulindac therapy for threatened preterm labor: A randomized study

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    Juha Räsänen, Pentti Jouppila

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• • ·Interleukin-10 messenger ribonucleic acid in human placenta: Implications of a role for interleukin-10 in fetal allograft protection

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    Patrick Cadet, Peter L. Rady, Stephen K. Tyring, Roger B. Yandell, Thomas K. Hughes

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• • ·Increased fetal plasma prostaglandin E₂ concentrations during fetal placental embolization in pregnant sheep

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    Jun Murotsuki, John R.G. Challins, Laura Johnston, Laura Johnston, Robert Gagnon

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• • ·The effect of low amniotic pressure without oligohydramnios on fetal lung development in a rabbit model

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    Faith Kizilcan, F.Cahirt Tanyel, Nur Çakar, Nebil Büyükpamukçu, Akgün Hiçsönmez

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• • ·Red blood cell vitamin E concentrations in fetuses are related to but lower than those in mothers during gestation

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    Odile Cachia, Claude L. Léger, Pierre Boulot, Marie-Hélène Vernet, Françoise Michel, AndréCrastes de Paulet, Bernard Descomps

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• • ·An animal model for hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn : I. Alloimmunization techniques

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    Kenneth J. Moise, L.Scott Rodkey, George Saade, Alfredo Gei, Maurice Duré, Annelle Graham, Carol Creech

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• • ·Immediate maternal and neonatal effects of low-forceps delivery according to the new criteria of The American college of Obstetricians and Gynecologists compared with spontaneous vaginal delivery in term pregnancies

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    Francisco Carmona, Sergio Martínez-Román, Dolors Manau, Vicenç Cararach, Xavier Iglesias

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• • ·Sequential urinalysis improves evaluation of fetal renal function in obstructive uropathy

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    Mark Paul Johnson, Paul Corsi, William Bradfield, Roderick F. Hume, Craig Smith, Alan W. Flake, Faisal Qureshi, Mark I. Evans

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• • ·Three surgical procedures for genuine stress incontinence: Five-year follow-up of a prospective randomized study

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    Arieh Bergman, Giovanni Elia

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• • ·Pelvic floor electrical stimulation in the treatment of genuine stress incontinence: A multicenter, placebo-controlled trial

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    Peter K. Sand, David A. Richardson, David R. Staskin, Steven E. Swift, Rodney A. Appel, Kristene E. Whitmore, Donald R. Ostergard

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• • ·Evaluation of preoperative cardiac risk index values in patients undergoing vaginal surgery

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    D.Paul Shackelford, Matthew K. Hoffman, Paul R. Kramer, Matthew F. Davies, Paul F Kaminski

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• • ·A prospective two-year study of progestin given alone in postmenopausal women: Effect on lipid and metabolic parameters

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    Florence A. Trémollieres, Jean-Michel Pouilles, Claude A. Ribot

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• • ·Immunohistochemical studies of human uteroplacental tissues from first-trimester spontaneous abortion

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    Joseph A. Hill, Gillian C. Melling, Peter M. Johnson

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• • ·Steroid hormone effects on the proliferation of human ovarian surface epithelium in vitro

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    Beth Y. Karlan, JoLynda Jones, Marilee Greenwald, Leo D. Lagasse

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• • ·Laparoscopic bilateral pelvic and paraaortic lymph node sampoing: An evolving technique

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    Nick M. Spirtos, John B. Schlaerth, Tanya W. Spirtos, Alan C. Schlaerth, Paul D. Indman, Ronald E. Kimball

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• • ·Macrophage colony-stimulating factor 1, a clinically useful tumor marker in endometrial adenocarcinoma: Comparison with CA 125 and the aminoterminal propeptide of type III procollagen

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    Antti Hakala, Barry M. Kacinski, E.Richard Stanley, Ernest I. Kohorn, Ulla Puistola, Juha Risteli, Leila Risteli, Candido Tomás, Antti Kauppila

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• • ·Laser vaporization of the ovarian surface in polycystic ovary disease results in reduced ovarian hyperstimulation and improved pregnancy rates

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    Takao Fukaya, Takashi Murakami, Midori Tamura, Tadashi Watanabe, Yukihiro Terada, Akira Yajima

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• • ·Intrapelvic injection of menstrual endometrium causes endometriosis in baboons (Papio cynocephalus and Papio anubis)

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    Thomas M. D'Hooghe, Charanjit S. Bambra, Barbara M. Raeymaekers, Inge De Jonge, Jo M. Lauweryns, P.R. Koninckx

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• • ·Estrogenic activity of RU 486 (mifepristone) in rat uterus and cultured uterine myocytes

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    Khlaed I. Dibbs, Yoel Sadovsky, Xue-Jun Li, Samuel S. Koide, Stuart Adler, Anna-Riitta Fuchs

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• • ·Fetal fibronectin improves the accuracy of diagnosis of preterm labor

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    Jay D. Iams, David Casal, James A. McGregor, T.Murphy Goodwin, Usha Seshadri Kreaden, Richard Lowensohn, Gillian Lockitch

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• • ·Impact of increasing carbohydrate intolerance on maternal-fetal outcomes in 3637 women without gestational diabetes : The Toronto tri-hospital gestational diabetes project

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    Mathew Sermer, C.David Naylor, Douglas J. Gare, Anne B. Kenshole, J.W.K. Ritchie, Dan Farine, Howard R. Cohen, Karen McArthur, Stephen Holzapfel, Anne Biringer, Erluo Chen, Toronto Tri-Hospital Gestational Diabetes Investigatorsefg

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• • ·Prevention of premature birth by screening and treatment for common genital tract infections: Results of a prospective controlled evaluation

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    James A. McGregor, Janice I. French, Ruth Parker, Deborah Draper, Elisa Patterson, Ward Jones, Kyja Thorsgard, John McFee

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• • ·The impact of amniotic fluid volume assessed intrapartum on perinatal outcome

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    Colleen Baron, Mark A. Morgan, Thomas J. Garite

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• • ·The effect of oral magnesium substitution on pregnancy-induced leg cramps

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    Lars O. Dahle, Göran Berg, Mats Hammar, Mats Hurtig, Lasse Larsson

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• • ·Maternal serum placental alkaline phosphatase level and risk for preterm delivery

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    Robert E. Meyer, Shirley J. Thompson, Cheryl L. Addy, Carol Z. Garrison, Robert G. Best

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• • ·Acute pancreatitis in pregnancy

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    Kirk D. Ramin, Susan M. Ramin, Sherrie D. Richey, F.Gary Cunningham

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• • ·Urinary trypsin inhibitor prevents uterine muscle contraction by inhibition of Ca⁺⁺ influx

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    Naohiro Kanayama, Emad El Maradny, Abdul Halim, She Liping, Kayoko Maehara, Yayoi Kajiwara, Toshihiko Terao

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• • ·Prostaglandin F_2⍺ output by amnion-chorion-decidua: Relationship with labor and prostaglandin E₂ concentration at the amniotic surface

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    Jeremy V. Kredentser, Joanne E. Embree, John A. McCoshen

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• • ·Long-term follow-up of motherse and their infants in a randomized trial on iron prophylaxis during pregnancy

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    Elina Hemminki, Jouni Meriläinen

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• • ·Resistance to activated protein C as a basis for venous thromboembolism associated with pregnancy and oral contraceptives

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    Margareta Hellgren, Peter J. Svensson, Björn Dahlbäch

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• • ·The value of routine urine dipstick screening for protein at each prenatal visit

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    Robert K. Gribble, Susan C. Fee, Richard L. Berg

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• • ·Ambulatory blood pressure in pregnancy: Comparison of the Spacelabs 90207 and Accutracker II monitors with intraarterial recordings

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    Mark A. Brown, Megan L. Buddle, Michael Bennett, Bradley Smith, Richard Morris, Judith A. Whitworth

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• • ·Clinical experience with the oxytocin challenge test

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    Michael Ray, Roger Freeman, Stephen Pine, Robert Hesselgesser

    
• • ·Clinical experience with the oxytocin challenge test

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    Michael Ray, Roger Freeman, Stephen Pine, Robert Hesselgesser

    
• • ·Massive congenital intracranial teratoma with skull rupture at delivery

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    Joseph F. Washburne, Everett F. Magann, Suneet P. Chauhan, Jonathan D. Fratkin, John C. Morrison

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• • ·Ultrasonographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings of a large asymptomatic retroperitoneal pelvic leiomyoma

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    Ovadia Abulafia, David M. Sherer

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• • ·Post-cesarean section splenic rupture

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    Athula Kaluarachchi, Srinivasan Krishnamurthy

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• • ·Fetal methemoglobinemia: A cause of nonimmune hydrops fetalis

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    Şelale Özmen, Neslihan Seçkin, Nilgün Ö. Turhan, Gülçin Dilmen, Uĝur Dilmen

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• • ·Massive fetomaternal hemorrhage treated with serial combined intravascular and intraperitoneal fetal transfusions

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    Lynn D. Montgomery, Michael A. Belfort, Karolina Adam

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• • ·A new diagnostic method to detect ectopic pregnancy at a very early stage

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    Ella Asseryanis, Peter Frigo, Brigitte Schurz, Johannes Huber

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• • ·Nocturnal hyperventilation in pregnancy—Reversal with nasal continuous positive airway pressure

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    Olli Polo, Eeva Ekholm

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• • ·The genetic implication for preceding generations of the prenatal diagnosis of interrupted aortic arch in association with unsuspected DiGeorge anomaly

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    Karoline S. Puder, Richard A. Humes, Robin L. Gold, Erawati V. Bawle, Gregory L. Goyert

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• • ·Necrotizing fasciitis in the puerperium

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    Janet A. Rowan, Robyn A. North

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• • ·Uterine rupture in association with alkaloidal (“crack”) cocaine abuse

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    Aruna Mishra, Brian R. Landzberg, John T. Parente

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• • ·Chorioamnionitis caused by Capnocytophaga: Case report

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    Christine Edwards, Chung Hwa Yi, John L. Currie

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• • ·Effect of corticosteroids for fetal maturation on perinatal outcomes, February 28—March 2, 1994

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• • ·Introduction

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    Linda L. Wright

    
• • ·Scientific basis and therapeutic regimens for use of antenatal glucocorticoids

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    Philip L. Ballard, Roberta A. Ballard

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• • ·Evidence from multicenter neworks on the current use and effectiveness of antenatal corticosteroids in low birth weight infants

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    Linda L. Wright, Jeffrey D. Horbar, Harry Gunkel, Joel Verter, Naji Younes, Elizabeth B. Andrews, Walker Long

    
• • ·Antenatal corticosteroid administration and neonatal outcome in very low birth weight infants: The NICHD neonatal research network

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    Linda L. Wright, Joel Verter, Naji Younes, David Stevenson, Avroy A. Fanaroff, Seetha Shankaran, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Edward F. Donovan, NICHD Neonatal Research Network

    
• • ·Antenatal corticosteroid treatment and neonatal outcomes for infants 501 to 1500 gm in the Vermont-Oxford trials network

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    Jeffrey D. Horbar, Investigators of the Vermont-Oxford Trials Network ∗

    
• • ·Obsevational evidence for the efficacy of antenatal steroids from randomized studies of surfactant replacement

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    John H. Gunkel, Brian R. Mitchell

    
• • ·Antenatal steroids and neonatal outcomes in controlled clinical trials of surfactant replacement

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    Alice White, Gretchen Marcucci, Elizabeth Andrews, Kathleen Edwards, Walker Long, American Exosurf Neonatal Study Group I and the Canadian Exosurf Neonatal Study Group

    
• • ·Associations between use of antenatal corticosteroids and neonatal outcomes within the Exosurf Neonatal Treatment Investigational New Drug program

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    Elizabeth B. Andrews, Gretchen Marcucci, Alice White, Walker Long, Exosurf Neonatal Treatment Investigational New Drug Study Group

    
• • ·Practice variation in the use of corticosteroids: A comparison of eight data sets

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    Janet M. Bronstein, Robert L. Goldenberg

    
• • ·Maternal corticosteroid and tocolytic treatment and morbidity and mortality in very low birth weight infants

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    M.Wendy Atkinson, Robert L. Goldenberg, Francisco L. Gaudier, Suzanne P. Cliver, Kathleen G. Nelson, Irwin R. Merkatz, John C. Hauth

    
• • ·Relationship between antenatal steroid administration and grades III and IV intracranial hemorrhage in low birth weight infants

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    Seetha Shankaran, Charles R. Bauer, Raymond Bain, Linda L. Wright, Julia Zachary, for the NICHD Neonatal Research Network

    
• • ·An exploration of opinion and practice patterns affecting low use of antenatal corticosteroids

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    Laura C. Leviton, Suzanne Baker, Andrea Hassol, Robert L. Goldenberg

    
• • ·Cost savings from the use of antenatal steroids to prevent respiratory distress syndrome and related conditions in premature infants

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    Kit N. Simpson, Stacy Racine Lynch

    
• • ·Antenatal corticosteroid therapy: A meta-analysis of the randomized trials, 1972 to 1994

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    Patricia A. Crowley

    
• • ·Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of antenatal corticosteroid for the prevention of respiratory distress syndrome: Discussion

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    John C. Sinclair

    
• • ·Vascular clamping model not new

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    Mason Barr

    
• • ·Reply

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    Mamoru Tanaka, Michiya Natori

    
• • ·Emergency cervical cerclage after the first delivery in a twin pregnancy with dichorionic placenta

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    Hisanori Minakami, Yoko Honma, Akio Izumi, Masaaki Sayama, Ikuo Sato

    
• • ·Urethral and bladder neck closure mechanisms

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    P.E. Papa Petras, U. Ulmsten

    
• • ·Reply

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    John DeLancey

    
• • ·Mechanism underlying phasic contractions of pregnant rat myometrium simulated by aluminum fluoride

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    Robert E. Garfield

    
• • ·Reply

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    Mark Phillippe

    
• • ·Beat-to-beat variation

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    G.S. Dawes

    
• • ·Reply

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    Michael A. Belford

    
• • ·Japanese endometriosis progression: Universally applicable?

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    Sharyn Thylan

    
• • ·Reply

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    Hiroshi Hoshiai, Yohji Mitsuhashi

    
• • ·Managing premature ruptured membranes at term

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    Sharon A. Dobie, Lynn M. Oliver

    
• • ·Reply

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    R. Natale, K. Milne, K. Campbell, P. Potts, K. Webster, E. Halinda

    
• • ·Induction of labor versus expectant management: Does it matter?

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    Mary E. Hannah, Arne Ohlsson, Andrew Willan

    
• • ·Reply

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    R. Natale, K. Milne, K. Campbell, P. Potts, K. Webster, E. Halinda

    
• • ·The control of blood loss at cesarean section with intramyometrial prostaglandin F_2⍺ analog versus intravenous synthetic oxytocin

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    Uchechukwu O. Ezeh, Michael Pearson

    
• • ·Reply

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    Min Min Chou, I.Z. MacKenzie

    
• • ·Laminaria versus Dilapan osmotic cervical dilators for second-trimester abortion

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    Mitchell D. Creinin

    
• • ·Reply

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    Warren M. Hern

    
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