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Episiotomy in Low-Risk Vaginal Deliveries
Richard E. Allen and Ronald W. Hanson
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice January 2005, 18 (1) 8-12; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.18.1.8

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Episiotomy in Low-Risk Vaginal Deliveries
Richard E. Allen, Ronald W. Hanson
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Jan 2005, 18 (1) 8-12; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.18.1.8
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