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Editorial
. 2023 Jan;136(1):12-14.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.08.029. Epub 2022 Sep 21.

Update on Statin Use in Pregnancy

Indu G Poornima  1 , Vishnu Priya Pulipati  2 , Eliot A Brinton  3 , Robert A Wild  4
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Editorial

Update on Statin Use in Pregnancy

Indu G Poornima et al. Am J Med. 2023 Jan.
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