The effect of methyldopa treatment on uterine, umblical and fetal middle cerebral artery blood flows in preeclamptic patients

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 141-144

  Gunenc O ^a   Cicek N ^a   Gorkemli, H ^a   Celik C ^a   Acar, A ^a   Akyurek, C ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Methyldopa; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

METHYLDOPA;

ADULT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREECLAMPSIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; METHYLDOPA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UTERUS;

EID: 0036915802     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004040100214     Document Type: Article

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