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Uterotonic administration during cesarean section in Japan

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We thank Anahid Pinchis from Edanz (https://jp.edanz.com/ac) for editing a draft of this manuscript.

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  1. Perinatal Center, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1, Handayama, Higashi, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 431-3192, Japan

    Satoshi Naruse & Hiroaki Itoh

  2. Department of Obstetric Anesthesiology, Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Japan

    Yusuke Mazda

  3. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

    Chieko Akinaga & Yoshiki Nakajima

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Naruse, S., Mazda, Y., Akinaga, C. et al. Uterotonic administration during cesarean section in Japan. J Anesth 37, 657–658 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-023-03194-4

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