Sonographic evaluation of antepartum development of fetal gastric motility

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 323-326

  Sase, M ^a   Tamura, H ^a   Ueda, K ^a   Kato, H ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetus; Gastric motility; Peristalsis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH MOTILITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VIDEORECORDING;

EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033037880     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.13050323.x     Document Type: Article

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