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Respiratory failure due to myotonic dystrophy combined with peripartum cardiomyopathy: A case report

Haeng Seon Shim1, Myoung Keun Shin1, Jin Yong Cho1

  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Masan Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Masan, Korea. smkeun311@yahoo.co.kr.

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
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Myotonic dystrophyPeripartum cardiomyopathyRespiratory failure

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