The effect of antenatal steroid treatment on fetal autonomic heart rate regulation revealed by fetal magnetocardiography (fMCG)

Early Human Development

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 319-325

  Schneider, Uwe ^a   Fiedler, Anja ^a   Schröder, Beatrix ^a   Jaekel, Susann ^a,b   Stacke, Angelika ^b   Hoyer, Dirk ^b   Schleussner, Ekkehard ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Fetal development; Heart rate variability; Prenatal diagnosis; Steroid administration

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; FENOTEROL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; FETAL MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PARAMETER; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYMPATHOVAGAL BALANCE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; FETUS MATURITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; BETAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STEROIDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954032766     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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