Antenatal fetal surveillance

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-128

  Malcus, Peter ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid volume; Antenatal fetal surveillance; Biophysical profile; Doppler blood flow; Fetal heart rate monitoring; Ultrasound biometry

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOMETRY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS HEART; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PERINATAL CARE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 1942487203     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200404000-00005     Document Type: Review

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