The effect of antenatal steroid administration on the fetal response to vibroacoustic stimulation

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 847-851

  Rotmensch, Sigi ^a,b   Celentano, Claudio ^a   Liberati, Marco ^a   Sadan, Oscar ^a   Glezerman, Marek ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Betamethasone; Fetal heart rate; Vibroacoustic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BREATHING MECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0032727623     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1999.781003.x     Document Type: Article

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