Objective and subjective assessment of abnormal uterine artery Doppler flow velocity waveforms

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 260-264

  Bower, S ^a,d   Kingdom, J ^b   Campbell, S ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diastolic notch; Doppler; Objective assessment; Subjective assessment; Uterine artery waveforms

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; OPERATOR; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE ARTERY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0031771885     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.12040260.x     Document Type: Article

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