The cerebroplacental Doppler ratio revisited

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 124-127

  Baschat, A A ^a   Gembruch, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cerebroplacental ratio; Doppler ultrasound; Umbilical blood flow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0037293105     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.20     Document Type: Article

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