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1 - ‘An Eye Opener’: Perils of CTG Misinterpretation

Lessons from Confidential Enquiries and Medico-legal Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2017

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Edwin Chandraharan
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Edwin Chandraharan
Edwin Chandraharan
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St George's University of London
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Handbook of CTG Interpretation
From Patterns to Physiology
 , pp. 1 - 5
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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