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Maternal, neonatal outcomes among pregnant women with, without COVID-19

2021-04-22
(Press-News.org) What The Study Did: This study assesses the association between COVID-19 and maternal and neonatal outcomes in pregnant women with COVID-19 diagnosis compared with pregnant women without COVID-19 diagnosis.

Authors: Aris T.Papageorghiou, M.D., of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.1050)

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