Memories of the fetal heart

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 3 54-3, 2003, Pages

  Bennet, Laura ^a,b   Gunn, Alistair Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; EDITORIAL; FETUS HEART; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0041418081     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00330.2003     Document Type: Editorial

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