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Spontaneous remission of epidural hematoma following continuous epidural anesthesia

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  1. Hyogo Brain and Heart Center at Hiineji, 520 Seisho-Ko, 670, Himeji, Japan

    Yoshie Kimura, Riichiro Chuma, Junji Shirakawa & Hidefumi Obara

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Kobe University, School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-Cho, Chuo-Ku, 650, Kobe, Japan

    Yoshie Kimura, Riichiro Chuma, Junji Shirakawa & Hidefumi Obara

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Kimura, Y., Chuma, R., Shirakawa, J. et al. Spontaneous remission of epidural hematoma following continuous epidural anesthesia. J Anesth 4, 370–374 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/s0054000040370

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