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Reply to letter to the Editor on: “Birth injuries correlate with the mode of assistance in vaginal breech delivery”

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I would like to express my gratitude to Kati Tihtonen, Tuomas T Huttunen, Anne Salonen, Topias Koukkula, Mika Gissler and Hannele Laivuori for revising the manuscript.

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  2. Center for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

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Kekki, M. Reply to letter to the Editor on: “Birth injuries correlate with the mode of assistance in vaginal breech delivery”. Arch Gynecol Obstet 307, 637–638 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-022-06863-z

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