Transcranial doppler findings of cerebral vasospasm in preeclampsia

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 194-200

  Hansen, Wendy F ^a   Burnham, Steven J ^a   Svendsen, T O ^a   Katz, Vern L ^a   Thorp Jr , John M ^a   Hansen, Alfred R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler; Magnesium; Middle cerebral artery velocity; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0029737315     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059609025423     Document Type: Article

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