Prenatal antecedents of newborn neurological maturation

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-130

  DiPietro, Janet A ^a   Kivlighan, Katie T ^a   Costigan, Kathleen A ^a   Rubin, Suzanne E ^a   Shiffler, Dorothy E ^a   Henderson, Janice L ^a   Pillion, Joseph P ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL MOVEMENT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 76749152244     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01384.x     Document Type: Article

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