American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 191, Issue 3 , Pages 954-957 , September 2004

The impact of maternal obesity and weight gain on vaginal birth after cesarean section success

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 Presented at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, New Orleans, La, February 2-7, 2004.Reprints are not available from the authors.

PII: S0002-9378(04)00535-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.05.051

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 191, Issue 3 , Pages 954-957 , September 2004

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