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Sofferenza fetale

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Medicina dell’età prenatale

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L’uso della terminologia “sofferenza fetale”, per la diagnosi ante-ed intrapartum e “asfissia”, per la diagnosi perinatale è stato recentemente oggetto di molti dibattiti ed argomentazioni tanto in ambito specialistico (ostetrici e neonatologi) che in ambito medico legale.

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Moscarini, M., Torcia, F., Di Netta, T. (2008). Sofferenza fetale. In: Medicina dell’età prenatale. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0688-1_24

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