The surgical management of intractable postpartum hemorrhage
โ Scribed by Stergios K. Doumouchtsis; Aris T. Papageorghiou; Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
- Book ID
- 111733647
- Publisher
- Informa plc
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 75 KB
- Volume
- 88
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6349
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