Middle cerebral artery velocimetry: Different clinical relevance depending on umbilical velocimetry

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 953-957

  Strigini, Francesca A L ^a   De Luca, Giuseppa ^a   Lencioni, Giovanni ^a   Scida, Patrizia ^a   Giusti, Giuliano ^a   Genazzani, Andrea R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS OUTCOME; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0030699934     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00482-1     Document Type: Article

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