Diagnosing foetal atrioventricular heart blocks

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-212

  Sonesson, S E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RO ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; BLOCKED ATRIAL BIGEMINY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BLOCK; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL DISEASES; HEART FUNCTION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FETAL DISEASES; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS;

EID: 77955287824     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2010.02434.x     Document Type: Review

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