Normal standards for fetal neurobehavioral developments - Longitudinal quantification by four-dimensional sonography

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-65

  Kurjak, Asim ^a   Andonotopo, Wiku ^a,b   Hafner, Tomislav ^a   Kadic, Aida Salihagic ^c   Stanojevic, Milan ^a   Azumendi, Guillermo ^d   Ahmed, Badreldeen ^e   Carrera, Jose M ^f   Troyano, J M ^g  

^a Sveti Duh General Hospital   (Croatia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d Centro Gutenberg   (Spain)

^e HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^f INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^g University Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fetal behavior; Fetal movements; Fetal neurological development; Four dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MOVEMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STANDARDIZATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BRAIN; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 30844460172     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2006.007     Document Type: Article

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