Amniotic fluid embolism: A puzzling and dangerous obstetric problem

Sarka Lisonkova; Michael S. Kramer

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002976

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Amniotic fluid embolism: A puzzling and dangerous obstetric problem

Sarka Lisonkova ,

* E-mail: slisonkova@bcchr.ca

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1220-310X

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Michael S. Kramer

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Amniotic fluid embolism: A puzzling and dangerous obstetric problem

Sarka Lisonkova,
Michael S. Kramer

Published: November 12, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002976

About the Authors

Sarka Lisonkova

* E-mail: slisonkova@bcchr.ca

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1220-310X

Michael S. Kramer

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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