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. 2022 Mar;49(1):11-15.
doi: 10.1111/birt.12585. Epub 2021 Dec 1.

Upright breech birth: New video research risks reviving Friedman's curse

Betty-Anne Daviss  1 , Kenneth C Johnson  2
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Upright breech birth: New video research risks reviving Friedman's curse

Betty-Anne Daviss et al. Birth. 2022 Mar.
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