Approximate entropy: A regularity measure for fetal heart rate analysis

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 249-255

  Pincus, Steven M ^a   Viscarello, Richard R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMETRY; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0026569402     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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