Fetal and maternal catecholamine levels at delivery

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 687-691

  Gülmezoglu, A Metin ^a,c   Mahomed, Kassam ^b   Hofmeyr, G Justus ^a   Nikodem, V Cheryl ^a   Kramer, Tami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Fetal acidemia; Labour

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PH; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS ACID BASE BALANCE; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS HYPOXIA; HUMAN; LABOR; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0030475195     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpme.1996.24.6.687     Document Type: Article

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