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  1. Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

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    Suzanne K. W. Mankowitz

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Ring, L.E. (2018). Obesity in Pregnancy. In: Mankowitz, S. (eds) Consults in Obstetric Anesthesiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59680-8_112

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