Comparison of alterations in fetal regional arterial vascular resistance in appropriate-for-gestational-age singleton, twin and triplet pregnancies

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2635-2643

  Akiyama, Masashi ^a   Kuno, Atsushi ^a   Tanaka, Yasuko ^a   Tanaka, Hirokazu ^a   Hayashi, Keiji ^a   Yanagihara, Toshihiro ^a   Hata, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appropriate for gestational age fetus; Doppler ultrasound; Fetal artery; Multiple pregnancy; Pulsatility index; Singleton pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; RENAL ARTERY; SPLEEN ARTERY; TWINS; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032883567     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.10.2635     Document Type: Article

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