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. 2014 Jul;58(4):385-7.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5049.138962.

Unintentional dural puncture and postdural puncture headache-can this headache of the patient as well as the anaesthesiologist be prevented?

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Unintentional dural puncture and postdural puncture headache-can this headache of the patient as well as the anaesthesiologist be prevented?

C L Gurudatt. Indian J Anaesth. 2014 Jul.
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