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Vitamin supplementation for preventing miscarriage

  1. A Rumbold PhD Student*,
  2. CA Crowther

Editorial Group: Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group

Published Online: 25 JAN 2005

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004073

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Rumbold A, Crowther CA. Vitamin supplementation for preventing miscarriage (Protocol). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD004073. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004073.

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  1. Adelaide University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, North Adelaide, SA, AUSTRALIA

*A Rumbold, PhD Student, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Adelaide University, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Road, North Adelaide, SA, 5006, AUSTRALIA. alice.rumbold@adelaide.edu.au.

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