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Review Article| Volume 20, ISSUE 4, P763-776, October 2004

Pregnancy-associated severe liver dysfunction

  • Jay S. Steingrub
    Correspondence
    Division of Critical Care Medicine, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199
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    Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USA

    Division of Critical Care Medicine, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
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