The relationship between hiccups and heart rate in the fetus

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 289-292

  Witter, Frank ^a,d   Dipietro, Janet ^b   Costigan, Kathleen ^a   Nelson, Priscilla ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal heart rate; Fetal hiccups; Fetal neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HICCUP; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; BRAIN; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

BRAIN; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HICCUP; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34347253224     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050601155715     Document Type: Article

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