Abnormalities of the fetal heart rate in preterm deliveries are associated with acute intra-amniotic infection

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 188-191

  Salafia, Carolyn M ^a,b   Ghidini, Alessandro ^a,b   Sherer, David M ^a,b   Pezzullo, John C ^a,b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnionitis; Fetal heart rate; Premature rupture of membranes; Preterm delivery; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0031857127     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(98)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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