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Using Technology to Improve Women's Health Care

Logan Corey, Alex Vezina and Rajiv B. Gala
Ochsner Journal December 2020, 20 (4) 422-425; DOI: https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.19.0113
Logan Corey
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, ,
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1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, ,
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Rajiv B. Gala
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, ,
2The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, ,
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