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Research Article

Successful pregnancy in a woman with liver cirrhosis complicated by recurrent variceal bleeding

K. ChaudhuriDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of SingaporeCorrespondence[email protected]
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E. K. TanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore;Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology National University Hospital, Singapore
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A. BiswasDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore;Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology National University Hospital, Singapore
Pages 490-491 | Published online: 04 Jun 2012

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