Normal fetal motility: An overview

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 701-711

  De Vries, J I P ^a   Fong, B F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment procedures; Developmental milestones; Normal fetal motility; Sonography

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIRTH; BLOOD FLOW; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; WELLBEING;

FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33745652471     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2740     Document Type: Review

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