Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 323-325 , August 2007

Neurological complications in obstetric regional anaesthesia

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PII: S1472-0299(07)00129-4

doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.05.006

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 323-325 , August 2007

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