Maternal-fetal heartbeat phase synchronization

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Plamen Ch Ivanov et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009.

. 2009 Aug 18;106(33):13641-2.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.0906987106. Epub 2009 Aug 12.

¹ Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA. plamen@buphy.bu.edu

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