Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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MICTURITION AND THE HEART PERIOD CYCLE IN THE HUMAN FETUS
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01306.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 88, Issue 8, pages 803–805, August 1981
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How to Cite
Visser, G. H. A., Goodman, J. D. S., Levine, D. H. and Da Wes, G. S. (1981), MICTURITION AND THE HEART PERIOD CYCLE IN THE HUMAN FETUS. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 88: 803–805. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01306.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received October 21, 1980/Accepted March 3, 1981.
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Summary
Campbell et al (1973) suggested that from 32 weeks gestation there was a cyclic filling and emptying of the fetal bladder, with a mean cycle length of 110 minutes. In the present study it was found that emptying of the bladder was associated with cyclic changes in fetal heart rate variation. In 95 per cent of the observations voiding occurred within 30 minutes after a change from a low to a high fetal heart rate variation episode. The possible relation of this association to fetal behavioural states is discussed.