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Technical comment

Vol. 151 No. 0708 (2021)

Valproate in pregnancy: comment from the SAPP: Comment on: Use of valproate in pregnancy and in women of childbearing age between 2014 and 2018 in Switzerland: a retrospective analysis of Swiss healthcare claims data. Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w20386

  • Irene Hösli
  • Ursula von Mandach
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.20476
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w20476
Published
19.02.2021

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