Effect of antenatal corticosteroid administration on Doppler flow velocity parameters in pregnancies with absent or reverse end-diastolic flow in the umbilical artery

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 794-796

  Müller, Thomas ^a   Nanan, Ralph ^a   Dietl, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Doppler ultrasound; Ductus venosus; Middle cerebral artery; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE;

ABSENT OR REVERSE END DIASTOLIC FLOW VELOCITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BETAMETHASONE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETUS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PULSATILE FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0041832344     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2003.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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