Doppler ultrasound of the maternal uterine arteries: Disappearance of abnormal waveforms and relation to birthweight and pregnancy outcome

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 631-634

  Campbell, Stuart ^a   Black, Rebecca S ^a   Lees, Christoph C ^b   Armstrong, Valerie ^b   Peacock, Janet L ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Doppler ultrasound; Pre eclampsia; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DELIVERY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE ARTERY; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TROPHOBLASTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 0033930317     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2000.079008631.x     Document Type: Article

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