Oral Clindamycin to prevent Preterm Birth: A Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial in South India
MB Bellad, Pallavi Chalasani, Madiwalayya S Ganachari, Shivaprasad S Goudar, Nancy L Sloan, Matthew K Hoffman, Richard J Derman
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Bellad M, Chalasani P, Ganachari MS, Goudar SS, Sloan NL, Hoffman MK, Derman RJ. Oral Clindamycin to prevent Preterm Birth: A Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial in South India. J South Asian Feder Obs Gynae 2015; 7 (3):191-196.
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