Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 51-60 , February 2010

The management of women with abnormal cervical cytology in pregnancy

  • Grainne Flannelly, MD, FRCOG, FRCPI (Consultant Gynaecologist)

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.07.001

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 51-60 , February 2010

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