Uterine and fetal blood flows in pregnancies complicated by preterm labor

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 163-166

  Rizzo, Giuseppe ^a   Capponi, Alessandro ^a   Arduini, Domenico ^a   Turri, Emanuela ^a   Romanini, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Fetal cerebral circulation; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0029811258     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000291938     Document Type: Article

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