Doppler sonography of uterine arteries at 20-23 weeks: Risk assessment of adverse pregnancy outcome by quantification of impedance and notch

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 388-394

  Becker, Rolf ^a   Vonk, Richard ^a   Vollert, Walter ^a   Entezami, Michael ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; Normal values notch; Pathological waveform; Risk assessment; Uterine arteries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN DEATH; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; WAVEFORM;

ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PARITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERUS;

EID: 0036034092     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2002.060     Document Type: Article

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