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Susmita Bhattacharya1, Sarmila Ghosh, Debanjali Ray

  • 1Department of Anaesthesiology, Burdwan Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Journal of Anaesthesiology, Clinical Pharmacology
|March 16, 2013
PubMed

Keywords:
Cesarean deliveryhemodynamic changeoxytocinuterine tone

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