Association between maternal-fetal Doppler velocimetry and fetal lung maturity

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 484-488

  Piazze, Juan J ^a   Anceschi, Maurizio M ^a   Picone, Giovanna ^a   Cerekja, Albana ^a   La Torre, Renato ^a   Cosmi, Ermelando V ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler velocimetry; Fetal lung maturity; Lamellar bodies count

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; HUMAN; LAMELLAR BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY PULSATILITY INDEX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY PULSATILITY INDEX; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; UTERINE RESISTANCE INDEX; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0348223863     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2003.074     Document Type: Article

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