Reversal of diastolic flow in the middle cerebral artery of the fetus during the second half of pregnancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 324-329

  Respondek, M ^a   Woch, A ^b   Kaczmarek, P ^a   Borowski, D ^a  

^a POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cerebral circulation; Human fetus; Middle cerebral artery; Reversal of flow

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ASCITES; DIASTOLE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS OUTCOME; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030814463     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.09050324.x     Document Type: Article

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