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Acute spinal cord injury in pregnancy: an illustrative case and literature review

I Popov Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and MRC/UN Pregnancy Hypertension Research UnitCorrespondence[email protected]/[email protected]
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Faith Ngambu Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and MRC/UN Pregnancy Hypertension Research Unit
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G Mantel Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and MRC/UN Pregnancy Hypertension Research Unit
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C Rout Department of Anaesthesiology, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
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J Moodley Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and MRC/UN Pregnancy Hypertension Research Unit
Pages 596-598 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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