Miscarriage (cont.)
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Author: Vicken P Sepilian, MD, Clinical Fellow, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch.Coauthor(s): Chester D Shermer, MD, Assistant Program Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Mississippi School of Medicine; Verena Valley, MD, Director of Ultrasound, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Mississippi School of Medicine.
Editors: Richard Harrigan, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Temple University School of Medicine; 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.
Reviewed By: Jaswant S Chaddha, MD, FACOG, FACS, FICS, Board Certified - American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical Director of Atlanta West Women's Center Atlanta Clinical Trials
Medical Reviewer: Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD
Last Editorial Review: 1/26/2007
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