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Ebola viral infection in pregnancy: a plea for specific clinical recommendations

  • Jacobo L. Santolaya and Joaquin Santolaya-Forgas EMAIL logo

Corresponding author: Joaquin Santolaya-Forgas, MD, PhD, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Genetics, Section Head of Reproductive Genetics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 125 Paterson St, Room 2151, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA, E-mail:

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The authors stated that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this article.

Received: 2014-11-3
Accepted: 2014-11-5
Published Online: 2014-12-4
Published in Print: 2015-1-1

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