Patterns of evoked behaviour in twin pregnancies during the first 22 weeks of gestation

Early Human Development

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-45

  Piontelli, Alessandra ^a,b   Bocconi, Luisa ^a   Kustermann, Alessandra ^a   Tassis, Beatrice ^a   Zoppini, Cinzia ^a   Nicolini, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evoked fetal behaviour; Fetal behaviour; Fetal tactile and proprioceptive sensibility; Twins; Ultrasounds

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; PROPRIOCEPTION; STIMULATION; TOUCH; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROPRIOCEPTION; TOUCH; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0031585565     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(97)00091-1     Document Type: Article

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