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. 2014 Jun;123(6):1359-1360.
doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000316.

Second stage of labor and epidural use: a larger effect than previously suggested

Drorith Hochner-Celnikier  1 , Amy Solnica, Yuval Lavy
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Second stage of labor and epidural use: a larger effect than previously suggested

Drorith Hochner-Celnikier et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jun.
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    Cheng YW, Shaffer BL, Nicholson JM, Caughey AB. Cheng YW, et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jun;123(6):1360. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000317. Obstet Gynecol. 2014. PMID: 24848912 No abstract available.

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