Successful treatment of intraamniotic infection/inflammation: a paradigm shift

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Editorial

Michael G Gravett. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Aug.

. 2019 Aug;221(2):83-85.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.05.020.

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Electronic address: gravettm@uw.edu.

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