Isolated Atrioventricular Block in the Fetus

Håkan Eliasson, MD; Sven-Erik Sonesson, PhD, MD; Gurleen Sharland, MD; Fredrik Granath, PhD, MD; John M. Simpson, MD; Julene S. Carvalho, PhD, MD; Hana Jicinska, MD; Viktor Tomek, MD; Joanna Dangel, PhD, MD; Paulo Zielinsky, PhD, MD; Maria Respondek-Liberska, PhD, MD; Matthias W. Freund, MD; Mats Mellander, PhD, MD; Joaquim Bartrons, MD; Helena M. Gardiner, PhD, MD; for the Fetal Working Group of the European Association of Pediatric Cardiology

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