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Sickle cell disease in pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2005

I. Browne
Affiliation:
Departments of Anaesthesia and Obstetrics, Coombe Womens' Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
H. Byrne
Affiliation:
Departments of Anaesthesia and Obstetrics, Coombe Womens' Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
L. Briggs
Affiliation:
Departments of Anaesthesia and Obstetrics, Coombe Womens' Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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© 2003 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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