Fetal middle-cerebral and umbilical artery flow assessments after glucose challenge test

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 255-259

  Pardo, J ^a,b,c   Orvieto, R ^a,c   Rabinerson, D ^a,b,c   Bar, J ^a,c   Hod, M ^a,c   Kaplan, B ^a,b,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Ambulatory Sonographic Center   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Flow velocimetry; GCT; Middle cerebral artery; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FLOW RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032973740     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(99)00026-0     Document Type: Article

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