Development of Fetal Yawn Compared with Non-Yawn Mouth Openings from 24-36 Weeks Gestation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Reissland, Nadja ^a   Francis, Brian ^b   Mason, James ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH; MOUTH OPENING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VIDEORECORDING; YAWNING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VIDEO RECORDING; YAWNING;

EID: 84869757905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050569     Document Type: Article

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