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Fetal therapy guidelines of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians — Fetal Therapy Section

Przemyslaw Kosinski1, Dariusz Borowski2, Robert Brawura-Biskupski-Samaha3, Wojciech Cnota4, Marzena Debska5, Krzysztof Drews6, Mariusz Grzesiak78, Renata Jaczynska1, Katarzyna Janiak9, Piotr Kaczmarek9, Michal Lipa5, Magdalena Litwinska10, Katarzyna Luterek1, Anita Olejek11, Emilia Polczynska-Kaniak6, Krzysztof Preis1213, Krzysztof Szaflik9, Joanna Szymkiewicz-Dangel14, Malgorzata Swiatkowska-Freund15, Piotr Wegrzyn1, Miroslaw Wielgos516, Agata Wloch4, Jacek Zamlynski11, Mateusz Zamlynski11, Piotr Sieroszewski17
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Ginekol Pol 2024;95(4):285-315.

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