Average acceleration and deceleration capacity of fetal heart rate in normal pregnancy and in pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2517-2522

  Graatsma, E M ^a   Mulder, E J H ^a   Vasak, B ^a   Lobmaier, S M ^b   Von Steinburg, S Pildner ^b   Schneider, K T M ^b   Schmidt, G ^b   Visser, G H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antenatal monitoring; Fetal heart rate; Growth restriction

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHASE RECTIFIED SIGNAL AVERAGING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ACCELERATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECELERATION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 84870364570     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.704446     Document Type: Article

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