Association of cerebral perfusion pressure with headache in women with pre-eclampsia

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 814-821

  Belfort, Michael A ^a   Saade, George R ^c   Grunewald, Charlotta ^b   Dildy, Gary A ^a   Abedejos, Pauline ^d   Herd, J Allan ^d   Nisell, Henry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTOMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0032778843     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08403.x     Document Type: Article

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