Abnormal umbilical artery Doppler waveforms and cord blood corticotropin-releasing hormone

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-111

  Giles, W B ^a   Mclean, M ^a   Davies, J J ^a   Smith, R ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0030067041     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(95)00338-X     Document Type: Article

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