Long-range correlations in rectal temperature fluctuations of healthy infants during maturation.

BACKGROUND:Control of breathing, heart rate, and body temperature are interdependent in infants, where instabilities in thermoregulation can contribute to apneas or even life-threatening events. Identifying abnormalities in thermoregulation is particularly important in the first 6 months of life, wh...

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Main Authors: Georgette Stern, Julia Beel, Béla Suki, Mike Silverman, Jenny Westaway, Mateja Cernelc, David Baldwin, Urs Frey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2713399?pdf=render