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The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine Volume 31, 2018 - Issue 4
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Original Article

Flecainide as first-line treatment for fetal supraventricular tachycardia

Ali EkizDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal–Fetal Medicine Unit, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; Correspondence[email protected]
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Basak KayaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal–Fetal Medicine Unit, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey;
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Helen BornaunDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey;
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Deniz Kanber AcarDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal–Fetal Medicine Unit, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey;
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Muhittin Eftal AvciDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal–Fetal Medicine Unit, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey;
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Aysegul BestelDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Gokhan YildirimDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal–Fetal Medicine Unit, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey;
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Pages 407-412 | Received 23 Sep 2016, Accepted 20 Jan 2017, Published online: 14 Feb 2017

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