Umbilical artery resistance index as a screening test for fetal well-being. II: Randomized feasibility study

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 359-362

  Hofmeyr, G Justus ^a   Pattinson, Robert ^a   Buckley, Davina ^a   Jennings, June ^a   Redman, Christopher W G ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMAN; PLACENTAL FUNCTION TESTS; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0025915288     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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