Developmental sequence of human fetal body movements in the second half of pregnancy

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 165-169

  Kozuma, Shiro ^a   Okai, Takashi ^a   Nemoto, Akihiko ^a   Kagawa, Hideyuki ^a   Sakai, Masato ^a   Nishina, Hidenori ^a   Taketani, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

fetal behavior; fetal movements; Fetus; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STARTLE REFLEX; STRETCHING; TRUNK;

EID: 0031002051     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994120     Document Type: Article

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