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NUMBER 4
JUNE 2023
REPLACES COMMITTEE OPINION 757, NOVEMBER 2018
Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines—Obstetrics. This Clinical Practice Guideline was developed by the ACOG Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines–Obstetrics in collaboration with Tiffany A. Moore Simas, MD, MPH, MEd; M. Camille Hoffman, MD, MSc; Emily S. Miller, MD, MPH; and Torri Metz, MD, MS; with consultation from Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA; and Kay Roussos-Ross, MD.
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