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Fetal Breathing Movements and Shallow Fetal Breathing Movements

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Main points: role in lung development, apneic intervals and noncontinuous nature, increasing compatibility or less with other motions, consequences of their fetal features on the premature and neonate, and shallow fetal breathing as indicator of state

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    Alessandra Piontelli, Florinda Ceriani, Isabella Fabietti, Roberto Fogliani, Elisa Restelli & Alessandra Kustermann

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Piontelli, A., Ceriani, F., Fabietti, I., Fogliani, R., Restelli, E., Kustermann, A. (2015). Fetal Breathing Movements and Shallow Fetal Breathing Movements. In: Development of Normal Fetal Movements. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5373-1_4

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