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  1. Obstetric Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Randall E. Kan

  2. Department of Anesthesia, Room 3C-38, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, 1001 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, California, CA 94110, USA

    Samuel C. Hughes (Director)

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Kan, R.E., Hughes, S.C. Recent Developments in Analgesia During Labour. Drugs 50, 417–422 (1995). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-199550030-00001

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