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Letter to the Editor

The proposed “physiological CTG interpretation” – true to its claims or “Anti”-physiological with serious safety issues?

Re: Jia YJ, Chen X, Cui HY, Whelehan V, Archer A, Chandraharan E. Physiological CTG interpretation: the significance of baseline fetal heart rate changes after the onset of decelerations and associated perinatal outcomes. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2019;Sep 18;1–6. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2019.1666819. Online ahead of print.

Pages 4240-4242 | Received 24 May 2020, Accepted 05 Nov 2020, Published online: 01 Dec 2020

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