Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 328-330 , April 2010

Relationship of intraamniotic digoxin to fetal demise

Received 28 July 2009 ,Revised 1 December 2009 ,Accepted 3 December 2009.

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PII: S0010-7824(09)00519-8

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.12.001

Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 328-330 , April 2010

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