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The Management of a Thirteen Weeks Pregnant Woman Rendered Brain-Dead Following a Ruptured Aneurysm Cover

The Management of a Thirteen Weeks Pregnant Woman Rendered Brain-Dead Following a Ruptured Aneurysm

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|Aug 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2019-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2393-1817 | Journal ISSN: 2393-1809
Language: English
Page range: 111 - 114
Submitted on: May 12, 2019
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Accepted on: Jul 8, 2019
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Published on: Aug 9, 2019
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2019 Iwona Pikto-Pietkiewicz, Antoni Okniński, Rafał Wójtowicz, Marlena Wójtowicz, published by University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
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