Cardiac arrhythmias associated with umbilical venous catheterisation in neonates

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Verheij, Gerdina ^a   Smits Wintjens, Vivianne ^a   Rozendaal, Lieke ^a   Blom, Nico ^a   Walther, Frans ^a   Lopriore, Enrico ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84860427483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.04.2009.1778     Document Type: Article

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