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Review
. 2000 Jul 1;321(7252):33-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7252.33.

Recent advances: obstetrics

J M Roberts  1
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Review

Recent advances: obstetrics

J M Roberts. BMJ. .
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Incidence of early onset neonatal infection with group B streptococci. This decreased 60% between 1993, when preventive antibiotic treatment was advocated, and 1998 in surveillance areas of more than 12 million births. (Adapted from Schrag et al1)
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Recent findings about the risks of vaginal delivery may lead to increased rates of caesarean section
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