Contraception
Volume 80, Issue 6 , Pages 578-582 , December 2009

Impact of paracervical block on postabortion pain in patients undergoing abortion under general anesthesia

Received 3 February 2009 ,Revised 15 May 2009 ,Accepted 21 May 2009.

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PII: S0010-7824(09)00278-9

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.05.125

Contraception
Volume 80, Issue 6 , Pages 578-582 , December 2009

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