Lunar cycle and fetal nuchal translucency in the first trimester of pregnancy

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 497-502

  Schmid, Maximilian ^a   Grimm, Christoph ^a   Kuessel, Lorenz ^a   Wirth, Stefan ^a   Worda, Christoph ^a   Krampl Bettelheim, Elisabeth ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

fetus; first trimester; lunar position; nuchal translucency

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; LUNAR CYCLE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOON; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MOON; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; TIDE;

EID: 78649505125     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: 17444179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09291010903478053     Document Type: Article

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