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K Bettahar-Lebugle1, O Feugeas, C Wittemer

  • 1Centre médicochirurgical et obstétrical (CMCO-SIHCUS), 19, rue Louis-Pasteur, 67300 Schiltigheim/Strasbourg, France. sihcus@evc.net

Gynecologie, Obstetrique & Fertilite
|March 26, 2002
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