Human fetal heart rate variability-characteristics of autonomic regulation in the third trimester of gestation

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 433-441

  Schneider, Uwe ^a   Frank, Birgit ^a   Fiedler, Anja ^a   Kaehler, Christiane ^b   Hoyer, Dirk ^a   Liehr, Mario ^a   Haueisen, Jens ^a,c   Schleussner, Ekkehard ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b Specialist Center for Ultrasound and Prenatal Diagnostics   (Germany)

^c ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Fetal magnetocardiography; Fetal state; Heart rate variability; Sympatho vagal balance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS HEART; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 51549118109     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2008.059     Document Type: Article

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