Neurobehavior in fetal life

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 319-323

  Kurjak, A ^a   Stanojevic M ^b   Predojevic M ^a   Lausin I ^a   Salihagic Kadic A ^b  

^a University Hospital Sveti Duh   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Fetal neurobehaviour; Fetal neurology; Four dimensional ultrasonography; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FETUS BEHAVIOR; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HAND MOVEMENT; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KURJAK ANTENATAL NEURODEVELOPMENTAL TEST; LEG MOVEMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84868303990     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2012.06.005     Document Type: Review

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