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2018 Month : October Volume : 7 Issue : 40 Page : 4336-4339

A NON-RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL STUDY BETWEEN NIFEDIPINE AND ISOXSUPRINE AS TOCOLYTICS FOR PRE-TERM LABOUR.

Mrinal Kanti Kundu1, Manas Kumar Saha2, Kamalika Das3

1Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata,
West Bengal, India.
2Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Diamond Harbour Government Medical College and Hospital, Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India.
3Postgraduate Trainee, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata,
West Bengal, India.

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