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Original Article

Perinatal outcomes and risk factors for epidural analgesia-associated intrapartum maternal fever: a retrospective study

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Article: 2179383 | Received 25 Jul 2022, Accepted 06 Feb 2023, Published online: 30 Apr 2023

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