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Effects of propofol on gravid human uterine muscle

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  1. Department of Anesthesia, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119074, Singapore

    Tat-Leang Lee & Ashok Kumar

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119074, Singapore

    P. Ganesan Adaikan, Lang Chu Lau & Shan S. Ratnam

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Lee, TL., Adaikan, P.G., Lau, L.C. et al. Effects of propofol on gravid human uterine muscle. J Anesth 11, 71–74 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02480008

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