International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 236-240 , July 2007

Gerard W. Ostheimer Lecture 2006: What’s New in Obstetric Anaesthesia? Contributions from the 2005 literature

  • R. Fernando

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Roshan Fernando, FRCA, Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG, UK. Tel.: +44 7765 645640; fax: +44 20 7830 2245.

,Accepted 29 January 2007.

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PII: S0959-289X(07)00007-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2007.01.004

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 236-240 , July 2007

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