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Author: Carrie Henley
Monica Rhodes		Last Updated: November 29, 2007
Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH - Family Medicine
R. Hugh Gorwill, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology

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