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☆This article is being published simultaneously in the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and the European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology.
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