Quantification of fetal heart rate regularity using symbolic dynamics

Chaos

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Van Leeuwen, P ^a   Cysarz, D ^b   Lange, S ^a   Geue, D ^a   Groenemeyer, D ^b  

^a Gronemeyer Institute of Microtherapy   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

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EID: 34250162895     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2431703     Document Type: Article

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