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Elena N. Usoltseva1 and Marina V. Danilova<sup>2</sup> \*

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, South Ural State Medical University, Health Ministry of Russian Federation, Chelyabinsk, Russia

2 City Clinical Hospital № 1, Chelyabinsk, Russia

\*Address all correspondence to: danilova-mv@bk.ru

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