Prenatal RR fluctuations dynamics: Detecting fetal short-range fractal correlations

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1241-1247

  Ortiz, M R ^a,c   Aguilar, S D ^a   Alvarez Ramirez, J ^a   Martinez A ^a   Vargas Garcia, C ^b   Gonzalez Camarena R ^a   Echeverria J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^b Maternal and Childhood Research Center (CIMIGen)   (Mexico)

^c Electrical Engineering Department   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Autonomic activity; Detrended fluctuation analysis; Fetal heart rate variability; Fractal analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RR INTERVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FRACTALS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33845949317     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1595     Document Type: Article

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