Temporal organization of fetal behavior from 24-weeks gestation onwards in normal and complicated pregnancies

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 257-268

  Nijhuis, Ilse J M ^c   Ten Hof, Judith ^d   Nijhuis, Jan G ^d   Mulder, Eduard J H ^d   Narayan, Harini ^a   Taylor, David J ^b   Visser, Gerard H A ^d  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Fetal behavior; Fetal behavioral states; Human fetus; Hypertension in pregnancy; Intrauterine growth restriction; Longitudinal study design; State transitions; Temporal organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS HEART; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

EID: 0032891186     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199905)34:2<257::AID-DEV2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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