Fetal cardiac sympathetic activation is linked with maternal body mass index

Early Human Development

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 557-560

  Ojala, Tiina ^a,b   Aaltonen, Jonna ^b   Siira, Saila ^b,c,d   Jalonen, Jarmo ^c   Ekholm, Eeva ^b   Ekblad, Ulla ^b   Laitinen, Kirsi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cardiovascular; Fetal electrocardiography; Fetal heart rate variability; Power spectra; Programming

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 69049103012     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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