Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 182-190 , June 2006

Cardiac arrhythmias in the fetus and newborn

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doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2005.12.001

Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 182-190 , June 2006

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