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Obstetrics and Gynecology International
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 697697, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/697697
Review Article
Headache in Pregnancy: A Nuisance or a New Sense?
1West Middlesex University Hospital, Twickenham Road, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 6AF, UK
2ST6 Anaesthesia, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford QX3 9DU, UK
3Lewisham Hospital, London SE13 6LH, UK
Received 11 July 2011; Accepted 30 November 2011
Academic Editor: J. L. Simpson
Copyright © 2012 Archana Dixit et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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