The clinical significance of antenatal pathological Doppler findings in fetal middle cerebral artery compared to umbilical artery and fetal aorta

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 92-94

  Meyberg, R ^a   Hendrik, H J ^a   Ertan, A K ^a   Friedrich, M ^a   Schmidt, W ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler measurements; Fetal middle cerebral artery; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; WAVEFORM;

AORTA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0033898822     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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