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Impacts and effects of COVID-19 infection in pregnancy

Amala Sunder, Bessy Varghese, Basma Darwish, Noor Shaikho and Mooza Rashid
Saudi Medical Journal January 2022, 43 (1) 67-74; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.1.20210694

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