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Supported by National Funds through FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., within CINTESIS, R&D Unit (reference UIDB/4255/2020).

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  1. Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS@RISE), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Plácido da Costa, s/n, 4200-450, Porto, Portugal

    João Francisco Montenegro de Andrade Lima Bernardes & Hernâni Manuel da Silva Lobo Maia Gonçalves

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    João Francisco Montenegro de Andrade Lima Bernardes

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, São João Hospital, Porto, Portugal

    João Francisco Montenegro de Andrade Lima Bernardes

  4. Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences (MEDCIDS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Hernâni Manuel da Silva Lobo Maia Gonçalves

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João Bernardes and Hernâni Gonçalves contributed both for the writing and revision of this letter.

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Montenegro de Andrade Lima Bernardes, J.F., da Silva Lobo Maia Gonçalves, H.M. Risk of postpartum hemorrhage and fetal gender. Arch Gynecol Obstet 308, 313–314 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-022-06723-w

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