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Editorial
. 2014 Aug;119(2):219-221.
doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000322.

Double duty: does epidural labor analgesia reduce both pain and postpartum depression?

Katherine L Wisner  1 , Catherine Susan Stika, Crystal T Clark
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Editorial

Double duty: does epidural labor analgesia reduce both pain and postpartum depression?

Katherine L Wisner et al. Anesth Analg. 2014 Aug.
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