Simplified medical abortion using a semi-quantitative pregnancy test for home-based follow-up
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Self-administered multi-level pregnancy tests in simplified follow-up of medical abortion in Tunisia
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0020-7292
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.11.022