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. 1994 Jun 11;308(6943):1562–1563. doi: 10.1136/bmj.308.6943.1562

Upper abdominal pain in pregnancy may indicate pre-eclampsia.

C Barry 1, R Fox 1, G Stirrat 1
PMCID: PMC2540490  PMID: 8019319

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