Effects of epidural analgesia on labor course

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2378-2380

  Behnamfar, F ^a   Nafisi, Sh ^a   Behrashi, M ^a   Majidi, Z ^a   Sadat, Z ^a  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Labor duration; Pain relief

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751030750     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.2378.2380     Document Type: Article

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