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One year survey of maternal mortality associated with eclampsia in Dhaka Medical College Hospital

F. Hussain, R. B. Johanson, P. Jones 1Faridpur Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, North Staffordshire Hospital Trust & Keele University, UK; 3Department of Mathematics, Keele University, UK
Pages 239-241 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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