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Noninvasive fetal electrocardiography following intermittent umbilical cord occlusion in the preterm ovine fetus

  1. JK Cleal1,
  2. M Thomas2,
  3. MA Hanson1,
  4. S Paterson-Brown3,
  5. HM Gardiner3,
  6. LR Green1

Article first published online: 8 FEB 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02471.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 117, Issue 4, pages 438–444, March 2010

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Cleal, J., Thomas, M., Hanson, M., Paterson-Brown, S., Gardiner, H. and Green, L. (2010), Noninvasive fetal electrocardiography following intermittent umbilical cord occlusion in the preterm ovine fetus. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 117: 438–444. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02471.x

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  1. 1

    Institute of Developmental Sciences, University of Southampton, UK

  2. 2

    Centre for Signal and Information Processing, QinetiQ Ltd, Farnborough, UK

  3. 3

    Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK

*Dr JK Cleal, The Institute of Developmental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital (MP 887), Southampton SO16 6YD, UK. Email: jcleal@soton.ac.uk

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 8 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 8 FEB 2010
  3. Accepted 16 November 2009.

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