Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 309-311 , August 2007

Post-dural puncture headache in the parturient

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PII: S1472-0299(07)00125-7

doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.05.004

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 309-311 , August 2007

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