Pregnancy, Breech Delivery: Differential Diagnoses & Workup

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Further Reading

Keywords

breech presentation, breech pregnancy, breech birth, buttocks first, feet first, frank breech presentation, full breech presentation, complete breech presentation, incomplete breech presentation, single footling breech presentation, double footling breech presentation, breech delivery

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