Transmission of electric and magnetic foetal cardiac signals in a case of ectopia cordis: The dominant role of the vernix caseosa

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1989-1995

  Wakai, R T ^a   Lengle, J M ^a   Leuthold, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FETUS (ANATOMY); HUMAN; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; VERNIX CASEOSA;

EID: 0033941049     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/7/320     Document Type: Article

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