Multifractal analysis of fetal heart rate variability in fetuses with and without severe acidosis during labor

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 259-266

  Doret, Muriel ^a,b   Helgason, Hannes ^c   Abry, Patrice ^c   Goncalves, Paulo ^d   Gharib, Claude ^b   Gaucherand, Pascal ^a,b  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c INRIA RESO   (France)

^d UNIV LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Acidosis; fetal heart rate; labor; multifractal analysis; variability

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LABOR; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

EID: 79953059756     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1268713     Document Type: Article

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