Clinical Practice Guidelines Antenatal Care — Module II

10.2Resources

RANZCOG (2009) Management of Term Breech Presentation (C-obs 11). Melbourne: RANZCOG.

RCOG (2010) External Cephalic Version and Reducing the Incidence of Breech Presentation. Guideline no. 20a. London: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

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