American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 186, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages S127-S130 , May 2002

Paracervical block for labor analgesia: A brief historic review

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☆ Reprints not available from author. Address correspondence to: Mark A. Rosen, MD, Professor of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0648. E-mail: rosenm@anesthesia.ucsf.edu

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Volume 186, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages S127-S130 , May 2002

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