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Impact of body weight on the outcome of pregnancy

A prospective cohort study

Ettedal A. Aljahdali
Saudi Medical Journal October 2021, 42 (10) 1109-1116; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.10.20210293
Ettedal A. Aljahdali
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital and from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bakhsh Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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