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Review Article| Volume 50, ISSUE 1, P27-37, March 2023

Over-The-Counter Drugs and Pregnancy

  • William F. Rayburn
    Correspondence
    1721 Atlantic Avenue, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29482.
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    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and College of Graduate Studies, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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