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عنوان ژورنال: Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1064-7449,1098-0997
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-0997(1998)6:4<154::aid-idog2>3.0.co;2-h