Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in pre-eclampsia: Evidence of cerebral ischaemia

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 416-423

  Rutherford, Jane M ^a   Moody, Alan ^a   Crawshaw, Sarah ^a   Rubin, Peter C ^a,b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NULLIPARA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0347928854     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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