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Chapter 18 - Fetal Cardiac Function in Fetal Growth Restriction

from Section 5 - Characteristics of Fetal Growth Restriction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2018

Christoph Lees
Affiliation:
Imperial College London
Gerard H. A. Visser
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Kurt Hecher
Affiliation:
University Medical Centre, Hamburg
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