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. 2021 Apr 24;397(10284):1539-1540.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00716-9. Epub 2021 Apr 14.

Were pregnant women more affected by COVID-19 in the second wave of the pandemic?

Suraj Kadiwar  1 , Jonathan J Smith  2 , Stephane Ledot  3 , Mark Johnson  4 , Paolo Bianchi  3 , Natasha Singh  4 , Claudia Montanaro  3 , Michael Gatzoulis  3 , Nishel Shah  4 , Emem-Fong Ukor  3
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Were pregnant women more affected by COVID-19 in the second wave of the pandemic?

Suraj Kadiwar et al. Lancet. .
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We declare no competing interests. SK and JJS contributed equally and were responsible for the literature search and original drafting. SK was responsible for project administration. SL and PB accessed and verified the data. All authors contributed to the writing and editing and approved the final version for publication.

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