Uterine and umbilical artery velocimetry in pre-eclampsia

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 614-

  Van Asselt, Kristel ^a   Gudmundsson, Saemundur ^a   Lindqvist, Pelle ^a   Marsal, Karel ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Doppler velocimetry; Notch; Perinatal outcome; Pre eclampsia; Pulsatility index; Umbilical artery; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CESAREAN SECTION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DELIVERY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0031719596     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.1998.770607.x     Document Type: Article

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