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McConnell's Sign in a Patient with Amniotic Fluid Embolism and Severe Right Ventricular Dysfunction.

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SUBMITTER: Hassan R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8713000 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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McConnell's Sign in a Patient with Amniotic Fluid Embolism and Severe Right Ventricular Dysfunction.

Hassan Rana R Ferland Andre A Hawkins T Lee-Ann TL Miller Robert J H RJH

CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.) 20211016 6

PMID: 34993362

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