Response of the human fetal pupil to color Doppler: A sign of cognitive function?

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 580-587

  Lopez Ramon Y Cajal C ^a,b  

^a General Hospital of Vigo   (Spain)

^b Thoracic Surgery Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eye development; Fetal eye; Fetal neurology; Fetal physiology; Fetal pupil; Iris embryology

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044445578     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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