Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring: Still a Mystery More Than Half a Century Later

Affiliations

¹ Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Women's Reproductive Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.

Review

William W Andrews et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Feb.

. 2020 Feb;135(2):469-471.

doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003674.

¹ Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Women's Reproductive Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.

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Comment in

Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring: Still a Mystery More Than Half a Century Later.
Schifrin BS. Schifrin BS. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Jun;135(6):1487-1488. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003914. Obstet Gynecol. 2020. PMID: 32443072 No abstract available.
In Reply.
Andrews WW, Tita ATN. Andrews WW, et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Jun;135(6):1488. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003915. Obstet Gynecol. 2020. PMID: 32443073 No abstract available.

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