Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
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Pre-eclampsia and the anaesthetist

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doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.05.002

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 7 , Pages 279-281 , July 2007