Maternal perception of foetal movement compared with movement detected by real-time ultrasound: An exploratory study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-147

  Hijazi, Zina R ^a   Callan, Susan E ^b   East, Christine E ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Pregnancy Research Centre   (Australia)

^d ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foetal monitoring; Foetal movement; Foetal well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MOTHER; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY;

FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; FETAL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77950879936     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01122.x     Document Type: Article

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