Variation of embryonic/fetal heart rate at 6-13 weeks' gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 274-276

  Montenegro, N ^a,b   Ramos, C ^a   Matias, A ^a   Barros, H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b Ultrasound Unit   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Embryonic heart rate; Fetal heart rate; Heart rate variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 0031780822     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.11040274.x     Document Type: Article

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