Two cases of severe postpartum anaemia in Jehovah's witnesses

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 202-205

  Rasanayagam, S R ^a   Cooper, G M ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBON; FLUOSOL; HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PUERPERAL DISORDER; RELIGION;

EID: 0029987281     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-289X(96)80033-1     Document Type: Article

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