Hourly fetal urine production rate in the near term fetus: Is it really increased during fetal quiet sleep?

Early Human Development

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-272

  Stigter, R H ^a   Mulder, E J H ^a   Visser, G H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetal behavioural state; Fetal bladder volume; Hourly fetal urine production rate; Near term pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; SLEEP PATTERN; URINE FLOW RATE;

FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SLEEP; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINARY BLADDER; URINE;

EID: 0032570875     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(97)00049-2     Document Type: Article

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