Gender-specific heart rate dynamics in severe intrauterine growth-restricted fetuses

Early Human Development

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 431-437

  Gonçalves, Hernâni ^a   Bernardes, João ^a,b,c   Ayres de Campos, Diogo ^a,b,c  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cardiotocography; Entropy; Fetal growth restriction; Fetal heart rate; Fetal monitoring; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTROPY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84876735249     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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