Course and Outcome of Obstetric Patients Admitted to a University Hospital Intensive Care Unit

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 356-360

  Githae, F ^a   Mung'Ayi V ^a   Stones, W ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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EID: 84922597964     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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