American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 1 , Pages 48.e1-48.e4 , July 2009

Fetal heart rate tracing patterns associated with congenital hypothyroidism

Presented in part at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal–Fetal Medicine, San Diego, CA, Jan. 26-31, 2009.

Received 26 November 2008 ,Revised 17 January 2009 ,Accepted 4 March 2009.

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 Cite this article as: Shoham I, Aricha-Tamir B, Weintraub AY, et al. Fetal heart rate tracing patterns associated with congenital hypothyroidism. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:48.e1-4.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00241-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.03.007

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 1 , Pages 48.e1-48.e4 , July 2009

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