2023 / 03

DOI: 10.24075/medet.2023.025

OPINION

Enrolling pregnant women: problems and solutions of clinical research

Lutsevich KA, Ryzhenkova IG, Reshetko OV
About authors

Saratov State Medical University, Saratov, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Olga V. Reshetko
B. Kazachya St., 112, Saratov, 410012, Russia; ur.xednay@oktehser

About paper

Author contribution: Lutsevich KA — literature selection, writing an article; Ryzhenkova IG — literature selection and analysis; Reshetko OV — literature selection, data generalization, writing an article.

Received: 2023-06-21 Accepted: 2023-09-18 Published online: 2023-10-10
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