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Efficacy of epidural analgesia during labour and delivery: a comparison between singleton vertex presentation, singleton breech presentation and twin pregnancies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2005

T. Villevieille
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France
F. Mercier
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France
P. E. Shannon
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France
Y. Auroy
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France
D. Benhamou
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France
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2003 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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