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Kristeller’s fundal expression: clinical, forensic and deontological controversies

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  1. School of Medicine, Catholic University of Croatia, Ilica 242, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Dubravko Habek

  2. Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Dubravko Habek

  3. Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, General Hospital Tešanj, Tešanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Anis Cerovac

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Mislav Mikuš

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Habek, D., Cerovac, A. & Mikuš, M. Kristeller’s fundal expression: clinical, forensic and deontological controversies. Arch Gynecol Obstet 308, 1903–1905 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-022-06881-x

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