Women and Birth
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 25-27 , March 2009

Acute uterine inversion in a rural African woman: A rare consequence of child birth

Received 15 June 2007 ,Revised 24 September 2008 ,Accepted 25 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2008.09.006

Women and Birth
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 25-27 , March 2009