Excluding pregnancy from COVID-19 trials: Protection from harm or the harm of protection?

CMAJ

Maternal-fetal medicine physician, Mount Sinai Hospital (Sinai Health System), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.

Published: June 2020

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.75807DOI Listing

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