Fetal cerebral Doppler studies as a predictor of perinatal outcome and subsequent neurologic handicap

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 981-988

  Chan, F Y ^a   Pun, T C ^b   Lam, P ^b   Lam, C ^b   Lee, C P ^b   Lam, Y H ^b  

^a Mater Misericordiae Hosp   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEUKOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029992831     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00062-2     Document Type: Article

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