Vaginal vs cesarean delivery for COVID-19 in pregnancy

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¹ Neonatal Special Care Unit, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, Turin, Italy. Electronic address: giuliani.pediatria@gmail.com.
² Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Francesca Giuliani et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Mar.

. 2023 Mar;228(3):358-359.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.10.020. Epub 2022 Oct 23.

¹ Neonatal Special Care Unit, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, Turin, Italy. Electronic address: giuliani.pediatria@gmail.com.
² Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Effects of prenatal exposure to maternal COVID-19 and perinatal care on neonatal outcome: results from the INTERCOVID Multinational Cohort Study.
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