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Pregnancy and delivery in patients with Fontan circulation: A report of two cases

  1. Seiji Inoue1,*,
  2. Hisashi Masuyama1,
  3. Teiji Akagi2,
  4. Yuji Hiramatsu1

Article first published online: 4 JUN 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2012.01910.x

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Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volume 39, Issue 1, pages 378–382, January 2013

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Inoue, S., Masuyama, H., Akagi, T. and Hiramatsu, Y. (2013), Pregnancy and delivery in patients with Fontan circulation: A report of two cases. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, 39: 378–382. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2012.01910.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

  2. 2

    Coronary Care Unit, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

*Dr Seiji Inoue, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata, Kitaku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan. Email: inoinoseijin@yahoo.co.jp

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 7 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 4 JUN 2012
  3. Received: August 9 2011.; Accepted: March 5 2012.

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