American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 188, Issue 6 , Pages 1551-1555 , June 2003

Expectant management of preterm premature rupture of membranes complicated by active recurrent genital herpes

Presented at the Sixty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, October 22-27, 2002, Rancho Mirage, Calif.

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☆ Reprint requests: Carol A. Major, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, 101 The City Drive, Building 25, Route 81, Orange, CA 92668.

PII: S0002-9378(03)00342-9

doi: 10.1067/mob.2003.388

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 188, Issue 6 , Pages 1551-1555 , June 2003

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