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Cesarean Childbirth (cont.)

Authors and Editors

Author: Harish M Sehdev, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania.

Coauthor(s): Ram Duriseti, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center.

Editors: Jerry Balentine, DO, Professor of Emergency Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Medical Director, Saint Barnabas Hospital; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Lee P Shulman, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Head, Section of Reproductive Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Last Editorial Review: 8/10/2005




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