The reliability of the detection of an early diastolic notch with uterine artery Doppler velocimetry

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1308-1311

  Farrell, Tom ^a   Chien, Patrick F W ^a   Mires, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; UTERINE ARTERY;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS;

EID: 0032436990     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10010.x     Document Type: Article

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