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  1. Mobile phone-based interventions have been demonstrated in different settings to overcome barriers to accessing critical psychosocial support. In this study, we aimed to assess the acceptability and feasibilit...

    Authors: Nikita Simpson, Anna Kydd, Mwelwa Phiri, Madalitso Mbewe, Lucheka Sigande, Thomas Gachie, Malebo Ngobeni, Tebogo Monese, Zuzana Figerova, Hugo Schlesinger, Virginia Bond, Steve Belemu, Musonda Simwinga, Ab Schaap, Maurice Biriotti, Sarah Fidler…
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:663
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:803

  2. 98% of the 2.6 million stillbirths per annum occur in low and middle income countries. However, understanding of risk factors for stillbirth in these settings is incomplete, hampering efforts to develop effect...

    Authors: Kushupika Dube, Tina Lavender, Kieran Blaikie, Christopher J. Sutton, Alexander E. P. Heazell and Rebecca M. D. Smyth
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:662
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  3. This study was part of a project funded under the Grand Challenges Explorations initiative to engage adolescent girls living in the main slums of Nairobi. This involved an innovative co-creation initiative thr...

    Authors: Caroline W. Wainaina, Estelle Monique Sidze, Beatrice W. Maina, Icoquih Badillo-Amberg, Hazel Odhiambo Anyango, Faith Kathoka, Dorcas Khasowa and Collins E. M. Okoror
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:661
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  4. Mirror syndrome (MS) is a rare obstetric disorder complicated with high maternal morbidity and fetal mortality. MS is often misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed due to the low incidence and lack of awareness of its ...

    Authors: Zhenyan Han, Xiaodan Chen, Qingqing Wang, Jin Zhou, Yan Guo, Hongying Hou and Yuan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:660
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  6. Whilst the impact of Covid-19 infection in pregnant women has been examined, there is a scarcity of data on pregnant women in the Middle East. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the impact of Covid-19 ...

    Authors: Komal Sundeep Hazari, Rasha Abdeldayem, Litty Paulose, Nimmi Kurien, Zukaa Almahloul, Hozaifah Mohammad, Taghrid Faek A. Elgergawi, Maryam Alkhanbouli, Khalid Mahmoud, Atif Bashir Fazari, Amar Hassan and Riad Bayoumi
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:658
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  7. Although insulin therapy achieves effective glycemic control, it may aggravate hyperinsulinemia. Nonetheless the benefits of insulin as first-line treatment for women with GDM are controversial. This work aime...

    Authors: Tiange Sun, Fanhua Meng, Shufei Zang, Yue Li, Rui Zhang, Zhiyan Yu, Xinmei Huang, Fang Wang, Liwen Zhang and Jun Liu
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:657
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  8. The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is easily calculated blood test parameter, which can be used as marker to predict many inflammatory disorders. The aim of this study was to assess and compare the NLR in m...

    Authors: Greta Balciuniene, Greta Kvederaite-Budre, Violeta Gulbiniene, Irena Dumalakiene, Rita Viliene, Ingrida Pilypiene, Grazina S. Drasutiene and Diana Ramasauskaite
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:656
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  9. Prehospital obstetric events encountered by emergency medical services (EMS) can be high-risk patient presentations for which suboptimal care can cause substantial morbidity and mortality. The frequency of pre...

    Authors: Rebecca E. Cash, Robert A. Swor, Margaret Samuels-Kalow, David Eisenbrey, Anjali J. Kaimal and Carlos A. Camargo Jr
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:655
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  10. Large for gestational age infants (LGA) have increased risk of adverse short-term perinatal outcomes. This study aims to develop a multivariable prediction model for the risk of giving birth to a LGA baby, by ...

    Authors: Francesca Monari, Daniela Menichini, Ludovica Spano’ Bascio, Giovanni Grandi, Federico Banchelli, Isabella Neri, Roberto D’Amico and Fabio Facchinetti
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:654
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  11. The retained products of conception (RPOC) and related conditions (RPOC-ARC) are the main cause of secondary postpartum hemorrhage (sPPH), but there is no clear consensus for their management. The purpose of t...

    Authors: Mariya Kobayashi, Satoshi Nakagawa, Yoko Kawanishi, Tatsuo Masuda, Takahide Maenaka, Aska Toda, Tatsuya Miyake, Kosuke Hiramatsu, Ai Miyoshi, Kazuya Mimura, Toshihiro Kimura, Masayuki Endo and Tadashi Kimura
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:653
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  12. Authors: Zhenhong Zhang, Qian Xu, Yanping Chen, Lun Sui, Lu Jiang, Qianqian Shen, Minyu Li, Guoju Li and Qiuzhen Wang
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:652
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    The original article was published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:262

  13. Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a major cause of maternal, fetal, and neonatal morbidities. Our objective was to estimate the effect of both pre-pregnancy and gestational DM on the growth parameters of newborns in t...

    Authors: Mohammad A. A. Bayoumi, Razan M. Masri, Nada Y. S. Matani, Mohamed A. Hendaus, Manal M. Masri, Prem Chandra, Lisa J. Langtree, Sunitha D’Souza, Noimot O. Olayiwola, Saad Shahbal, Einas E. Elmalik, Mohamed S. Bakry, Ashraf I. Gad and Ravi Agarwal
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:651
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:773

  14. To assess the impact of a web-based decision aid on patient-centered decision making outcomes among women considering a trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC) versus planned repeat cesarean delivery.

    Authors: Kartik K. Venkatesh, Suzanne Brodney, Michael J. Barry, Jamie Jackson, Kiira M. Lyons, Asha N. Talati, Thomas S. Ivester, Maria C. Munoz, John M. Thorp and Wanda K. Nicholson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:650
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  15. The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in Australia has been rising in line with the increased incidence of maternal overweight and obesity. Women with gestational diabetes mellitus, high body mass in...

    Authors: Catherine R. Knight-Agarwal, Rati Jani, Meisa Al Foraih, Dionne Eckley, Carrie Ka Wai Lui, Shawn Somerset, Deborah Davis and Monica Yuri Takito
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:649
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  16. Girls exposed to violence have a high risk of being victimized as adults and are more likely than non-abused women to have children who are treated violently. This intergenerational transmission may be especia...

    Authors: Huyen Phuc Do, Philip R. A. Baker, Thang Van Vo, Aja Murray, Linda Murray, Sara Valdebenito, Manuel Eisner, Bach Xuan Tran and Michael P. Dunne
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:648
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  17. Addressing sustainable development goals to reduce neonatal mortality remains a global challenge, and it is a concern in Ethiopia. As a result, the goal of this study was to assess the incidence and determinan...

    Authors: Mulugeta Dile Worke, Afework Tadele Mekonnen and Simachew Kassa Limenh
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:647
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  18. High rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes globally raise the need to understand risk factors and develop preventative interventions. The Pregnancy Outcomes in the Era of Universal Antiretroviral Treatment in Su...

    Authors: Keerthana Hirudayakanth, Luis Gadama, Sufia Dadabhai, Chaplain Katumbi, Hazzie Mvula, Bonus Makanani, Frank Taulo and Taha E. Taha
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:646
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  19. Worldwide, iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy is a significant problem which can be especially problematic when delivery is by caesarean section, a procedure associated with significant blood loss. Optimisin...

    Authors: Pablo L. de Vena Franks, Andrew Y. Pan, Manpreet K. Gill, Angela M. K. Cross, Katy L. Konrad and Nicholas J. Lightfoot
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:645
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  20. In many sub-Saharan African countries, such as Malawi, antenatal care (ANC) services do not deliver sufficient nutrition awareness to improve adequate dietary intake in pregnancy. We therefore compared the eff...

    Authors: Lillian Ziyenda Katenga-Kaunda, Penjani Rhoda Kamudoni, Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen, Heidi E. Fjeld, Ibrahimu Mdala, Zumin Shi and Per Ole Iversen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:644
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  21. Fear of childbirth (FOC) occurs before, during and after pregnancy and is harmful to both the pregnant woman and the fetus. Identifying the prevalence and predictors of FOC can help us generate strategies for ...

    Authors: Jingui Huang, Jing Huang, Yan Li and Bizhen Liao
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:643
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  22. The aim of this study was to compare fear of childbirth, state and trait anxiety, and childbirth self-efficacy among primiparous and multiparous women in Ahvaz, southwest of Iran.

    Authors: Aazam Shakarami, Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Somyieh Abdolalipour, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi and Mina Iravani
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:642
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  23. Ethiopia is a Sub-Saharan country that has made significant improvements in maternal mortality and under-five mortality over the past 15 years. However, the nation continues to have one of the highest rates of...

    Authors: Eskinder Kebede and Melani Kekulawala
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:641
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  24. Placenta previa and accreta are serious obstetric conditions that are associated with a high risk of intraoperative massive hemorrhage, the prophylactic intravascular balloon occlusion technique is increasingl...

    Authors: Daijuan Chen, Jinfeng Xu, Yuan Tian, Pengfei Ye, Fumin Zhao, Xinghui Liu, Xiaodong Wang and Bing Peng
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:640
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  25. The Mighty Mums antenatal lifestyle intervention is a person-centered behavioral intervention focusing on nutrition and physical activity for pregnant women with obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥30). The aim of...

    Authors: Hanna Gyllensten, Karin Haby, Marie Berg and Åsa Premberg
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:639
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  26. Amniotic fluid (AF) provides vital information on fetal development, which is also valuable in identifying fetal abnormalities during pregnancy. However, the relationship between the metabolic profile of AF in...

    Authors: Yahong Li, Yun Sun, Xiaojuan Zhang, Xin Wang, Peiying Yang, Xianwei Guan, Yan Wang, Xiaoyan Zhou, Ping Hu, Tao Jiang and Zhengfeng Xu
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:638
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  27. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a multidisciplinary perioperative care program to optimize and enhance postoperative recovery. It has a beneficial role in decreasing the length of hospital stay and i...

    Authors: Tshering Tamang, Tashi Wangchuk, Choning Zangmo, Tshering Wangmo and Karma Tshomo
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:637
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  28. Few reports have presented an overall view of pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) across an entire country and throughout the entire gestation period. Furthermore, no such reports are avail...

    Authors: Tatsuya Arakaki, Junichi Hasegawa, Akihiko Sekizawa, Tomoaki Ikeda, Isamu Ishiwata and Katsuyuki Kinoshita
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:636
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  29. While depressive symptoms and stress during pregnancy are known to affect gestational age and weight at birth, evidence on their impact on child anthropometric development in the long term remains limited, sho...

    Authors: Janina Eichler, Ricarda Schmidt, Tanja Poulain, Andreas Hiemisch, Wieland Kiess and Anja Hilbert
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:635
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  30. Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the commonest complications following cesarean section (CS) with a reported incidence of 3–20%. SSI causes massive burdens on both the mother and the health care system....

    Authors: Khaled Gomaa, Ahmed R. Abdelraheim, Saad El Gelany, Eissa M. Khalifa, Ayman M. Yousef and Heba Hassan
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:634
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  31. Risk perception is based on collective indicators, but it is influenced by the individual’s self-perception of his health-disease process. This study aims to investigate the risk perception of pregnant women w...

    Authors: Thaís V Silva, Silvana F Bento, Leila Katz and Rodolfo C Pacagnella
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:633
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  32. Immunological protection via breastfeeding is well known. The immunological profile of human milk changes during lactation. No clinical trials have been conducted in lactating women with the newest mRNA vaccin...

    Authors: Nadia Charepe, Juliana Gonçalves, A. Margarida Juliano, David G. Lopes, Helena Canhão, Helena Soares and e Fátima Serrano
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:632
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  33. Women’s engagement in healthcare decision-making during childbirth has been increasingly emphasised as a priority in maternity care, since it increases satisfaction with the childbirth experience and provides ...

    Authors: María López-Toribio, Paulina Bravo and Anna Llupià
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:631
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  34. Postpartum depression is a widespread disorder, adversely affecting the well-being of mothers and their newborns. We aim to utilize machine learning for predicting risk of postpartum depression (PPD) using pri...

    Authors: Guy Amit, Irena Girshovitz, Karni Marcus, Yiye Zhang, Jyotishman Pathak, Vered Bar and Pinchas Akiva
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:630
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  35. Fibulin-1 is an extracellular matrix protein expressed at high levels in the placenta. Elevated circulating fibulin-1 have been observed in women with severe pre-eclampsia, whereas low levels have been found i...

    Authors: Astrid Bakke Orvik, Malene Rohr Andersen, Lise Pedersen, Christian Ritz, Steen Stender and Pal Bela Szecsi
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:629
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  36. Prenatal maternal stress can have adverse effects on birth outcomes and fetal development. Relaxation techniques have been examined as potential countermeasures. This study investigates different relaxation te...

    Authors: Ilena Bauer, Julia Hartkopf, Anna-Karin Wikström, Nora K. Schaal, Hubert Preissl, Birgit Derntl and Franziska Schleger
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:628
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  37. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) usually follows a catastrophic event. However, the experience of child birth can be severe enough to cause PTSD in some women. The aim of this study is to highlight the pr...

    Authors: Wedisha Imal Gankanda, Ileperuma Arachchige Gayani Malsha Perera Gunathilake, Nalaka Lasantha Kahawala and Augustus Keshala Probhodana Ranaweera
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:626
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  38. COVID-19 has placed additional stressors on mothers during an already vulnerable lifecourse transition. Initial social distancing restrictions (Timepoint 1; T1) and initial changes to those social distancing r...

    Authors: Leanne Jackson, Leonardo De Pascalis, Joanne A. Harrold, Victoria Fallon and Sergio A. Silverio
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:625
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  39. Liver transplantation is a life-saving and successful therapeutic procedure which is more and more frequent worldwide, also among women of reproductive age. Consequently, there is an increasing number of repor...

    Authors: Izabela Marzec, Aleksandra Słowakiewicz, Jolanta Gozdowska, Olga Tronina, Marek Pacholczyk, Wojciech Lisik, Agata Fleming and Magdalena Durlik
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:627
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  40. There is a high burden of gestational diabetes (GDM) and type 2 diabetes in pregnancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Postpartum diabetes programs have the potential to prevent recurrent GDM a...

    Authors: Anna J Wood, Sian Graham, Jacqueline A Boyle, Beverley Marcusson-Rababi, Shonada Anderson, Christine Connors, Harold D McIntyre, Louise Maple-Brown and Renae Kirkham
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:624
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  41. More than two-thirds of the pregnant women in Africa have at least one antenatal care contact with a health care provider. However, to achieve the full life-saving potential that antenatal care promises for wo...

    Authors: Dereje Worku, Daniel Teshome, Chalachew Tiruneh, Alemtsehay Teshome, Gete Berihun, Leykun Berhanu and Zebader Walle
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:623
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  43. Negative childbirth experience may affect mother wellbeing and health. However, it is rarely evaluated in studies comparing methods of induction of labor (IoL).

    Authors: Pauline Blanc-Petitjean, Corinne Dupont, Bruno Carbonne, Marina Salomé, François Goffinet and Camille Le Ray
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:621
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  44. Guidelines recommend that women at high risk of postpartum haemorrhage deliver at facilities able to handle heavy bleeding. However postpartum haemorrhage is often unexpected. This study aims to compare outcom...

    Authors: Jillian Patterson, Deborah Randall, James Isbister, Michael Peek, Tanya Nippita and Siranda Torvaldsen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:620
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  45. Prenatal care (PNC) is a crucial health service that reduces the potential risks of adverse pregnancy and childbirth outcomes. It is monitored as one of the indicators of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) under ...

    Authors: Eri Osawa and Tomoko Kodama
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:619
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  46. Obstetric interventions performed during delivery do not reflect improvements in obstetric care. Several practices routinely performed during childbirth, without any scientific evidence or basis - such as Kris...

    Authors: Karina Cristina Rouwe de Souza, Thales Philipe Rodrigues da Silva, Ana Kelve de Castro Damasceno, Bruna Figueiredo Manzo, Kleyde Ventura de Souza, Maria Margarida Leitão Filipe and Fernanda Penido Matozinhos
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:618
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  47. Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is an acute, rare and potentially lethal disease typically occurring in the third trimester of pregnancy. So far, there is no effective means of prevention. Therefore, in ...

    Authors: Yixian Shi, Haicong Wu, Xiaoling Zhou, Qingling Xu, Liqing Zheng, Dongliang Li and Lvfeng Yao
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:617
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  48. Adolescent motherhood (AM) remains a public health problem, especially in low and middle income countries, where approximately 95% of these births occur. Evidence from studies with population representativenes...

    Authors: Shirley Kelly Bedê Bruno, Hermano Alexandre Lima Rocha, Sabrina Gabriele Maia Oliveira Rocha, David Augusto Batista Sá Araújo, Jocileide Sales Campos, Anamaria Cavalcante e Silva and Luciano Lima Correia
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:616
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  49. Preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM) before 34 weeks of gestation complicates 1% of pregnancies and accounts for one-third of preterm births. International guidelines recommend expectant management, a...

    Authors: Elsa Lorthe and Gilles Kayem
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021 21:614
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