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Use of oral decongestants during pregnancy and delivery outcome

Bengt A J Källén1, Petra Otterblad Olausson

  • 1Tornblad Institute, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden. embryol@embryol.lu.se

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
|February 7, 2006
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