Blood flow velocity waveforms of the fetal middle cerebral artery in a normal population: Reference values from 18 weeks to 42 weeks of gestation

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 490-501

  Bahlmann, Franz ^a   Reinhard, Iris ^b   Krummenauer, Frank ^a   Neubert, Susanne ^a   Macchielia, Doris ^a   Wellek, Stefan ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler; Fetus; Middle cerebral artery; Reference values; Regression function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPEDANCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 12244259064     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2002.077     Document Type: Article

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