["Fetal memory" in the "care" of preterm newborn infants in the incubator].
Prenatal ultrasound evaluation of non-identical twins, with a postnatal follow-up up to the age of two allowed the Author to identify a specific "fetal personality". This features is revealed by the relationships between the fetus and its environment. A review of the prenatal ultrasound videotapes at follow-up has allowed the identification of behavioral patterns clearly related to a well structured function of "fetal memory". The Author discusses several implications of the fetal memory in close relationship with clinical practice in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units.
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Università degli Studi di Milano, I.R.C.C.S. Ospedale Maggiore, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Sezione di Psichiatria, Milano.
D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D007186:Incubators, Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008568:Memory; D014427:Twins; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal