Fetal general movements and brain sonography in a population at risk for preterm birth

Early Human Development

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-111

  Rosier van Dunne F M F ^a   van Wezel Meijler, G ^b   Bakker, M P S ^a   Odendaal, H J ^c   de Vries, J I P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brain; Fetus; General movements; Pre eclampsia; Preterm birth; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; POPULATION RISK; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THALAMUS;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77649179369     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.01.026     Document Type: Article

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