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Obstetric outcomes in reduced and non-reduced twin pregnancies

A single hospital experience

UmmKulthoum E. AlShelaly, Noor H. Al-Mousa and Wesam I. Kurdi
Saudi Medical Journal September 2015, 36 (9) 1122-1125; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.9.11606
UmmKulthoum E. AlShelaly
From the Section of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology (AlShelaly, Al-Mousa, Kurdi), King Faisal Specialists Hospital & Research Center, the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology (Kurdi), AlFaisal University, Riyadh, and Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology (AlShelaly), Madinah Maternity & Children Hospital, Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Noor H. Al-Mousa
From the Section of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology (AlShelaly, Al-Mousa, Kurdi), King Faisal Specialists Hospital & Research Center, the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology (Kurdi), AlFaisal University, Riyadh, and Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology (AlShelaly), Madinah Maternity & Children Hospital, Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Wesam I. Kurdi
From the Section of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology (AlShelaly, Al-Mousa, Kurdi), King Faisal Specialists Hospital & Research Center, the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology (Kurdi), AlFaisal University, Riyadh, and Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology (AlShelaly), Madinah Maternity & Children Hospital, Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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