Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 7 , Pages 286-289 , July 2007

Managing hypotension during anaesthesia for caesarean section

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PII: S1472-0299(07)00105-1

doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.04.008

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 7 , Pages 286-289 , July 2007

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