Causes and consequences of fetal acidosis

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Bobrow, Catherine S ^a   Soothill, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PH; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; MATERNAL DISEASE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032874104     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.80.3.F246     Document Type: Review

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