Absent-end-diastolic flow velocity in the umbilical artery

Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-271

  El Bishry, Gasser ^a   Sturgiss, Stephen N ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENT END DIASTOLIC FLOW VELOCITY; ACID BASE BALANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0242415291     PISSN: 09655395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0965539503001116     Document Type: Review

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