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Chapter 27 - The Immediate Puerperium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2017

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Shankari Arulkumaran
Edited by
Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London
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Best Practice in Labour and Delivery , pp. 325 - 334
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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