Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 158-161 , June 2005

Poor Fetal Heart Rate Variability in a Pregnant Woman with Acute Appendicitis

  • Chih-Ping Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 8 July 2004 ,Revised 9 July 2004 ,Accepted 12 July 2004.

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PII: S1028-4559(09)60129-7

doi: 10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60129-7

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 158-161 , June 2005