Reference resistance indices of the umbilical, fetal middle cerebral and uterine arteries at 24-42 weeks of gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 112-120

  Kurmanavicius, J ^a   Florio, I ^a   Wisser, J ^a   Hebisch, G ^a   Zimmermann, R ^a   Muller R ^a   Huch, R ^a   Huch, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Doppler; Middle cerebral artery; Pregnancy; Reference values; Resistance index; Umbilical artery; Uterine arteries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DATA BASE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS CIRCULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030843512     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10020112.x     Document Type: Article

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