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Presentation, footling
There are single-footling or double-footling presentations depending upon whether the presenting part of the baby at delivery is just one foot or both feet
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- Heritability The degree to which something is inherited.
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- CVC Commonly used abbreviation for a Central Venous Catheter, a catheter (tube) that is passed through a vein to…
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