Maternal renal artery blood flow velocimetry in normal and hypertensive pregnancies

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 715-719

  Kublickas, Marius ^a   Lunell, Nils Olov ^a   Nisell, Henry ^a   Westgren, Magnus ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Kidney; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy human; Renal artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; VASOCONSTRICTION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0029861495     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609065733     Document Type: Article

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