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01-10-2012 | Letter to the Editor

Deterioration of myocardial tissue Doppler indices in a case of fetal hydrothorax as a promising indication for clinical intervention before the development of nonimmune hydrops fetalis

Authors: Katsuyuki Sekii, Hiroaki Itoh, Tsutomu Ogata, Satoru Iwashima

Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | Issue 4/2012

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Title: Deterioration of myocardial tissue Doppler indices in a case of fetal hydrothorax as a promising indication for clinical intervention before the development of nonimmune hydrops fetalis
Authors: Katsuyuki Sekii
Hiroaki Itoh
Tsutomu Ogata
Satoru Iwashima
Publication date: 01-10-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Issue 4/2012
Print ISSN: 0932-0067
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0711
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-012-2375-6

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