Abnormal fetal aortic velocity waveform and minor neurological dysfunction at 7 years of age

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 152-159

  Ley, D ^a,b   Laurin, J ^a   Bjerre, I ^a   Marsal, K ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child development; Doppler ultrasound; Fetal growth retardation; Infant; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORACIC AORTA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL HEART; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030228802     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1996.08030152.x     Document Type: Article

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