Meconium and fetal hypoxia: Some experimental observations and clinical relevance

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1171-1174

  Westgate, Jenny A ^a,b   Bennet, Laura ^a,b   Gunn, Alistair J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYPOXIA; MECONIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FETAL HYPOXIA; HEART RATE, FETAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MECONIUM; SHEEP; SYMPATHECTOMY, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0036803299     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-0328(02)01555-0     Document Type: Article

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