Amniotic fluid embolism: An update

Contemporary Ob-Gyn

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-62

  Gei, Alfredo ^a   Nankins, Gary D V ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

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