Reversed diastolic flow in the middle cerebral artery: Is it a terminal sign in a growth-retarded fetus?

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-267

  Leung, Wing Cheong ^a   Tse, Ka Yu ^a   Tang, Mary Hoi Yin ^a   Lao, Terence T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LETTER; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 0037341043     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.546     Document Type: Letter

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