Optimal fetal positioning: a theory in tatters-time to rewrite textbooks

K S Khan¹

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K S Khan. BJOG. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;123(13):2207.

doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13872. Epub 2016 Jan 25.

K S Khan¹

¹ Women's Health Research Unit, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

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