Doppler assessment of the maternal interlobar renal and uterine arteries in mid-pregnancy in women at low and high risk for pregnancy-induced hypertension

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 239-245

  Zimmermann, Peter ^a,b   Ranta, Tapio ^a  

^a Paijat Hame Ctrl Hosp   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bilateral notch; Doppler ultrasonography; Maternal renal blood flow; Preeclampsia; Uterine arteries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREECLAMPSIA; RENAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RENAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031804240     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199806)26:5<239::AID-JCU2>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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