Changes in the frequency power spectrum of fetal heart rate in the course of pregnancy

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 909-916

  Van Leeuwen, Peter ^a   Geue, Daniel ^b   Lange, Silke ^b   Hatzmann, Wolfgang ^b   Grönemeyer, Dietrich ^b  

^a EFMT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal heart rate variability; Gestational age; Magnetocardiography; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; POWER SPECTRUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPECTROMETRY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0344011689     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.723     Document Type: Article

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