The relationship between an aortic isthmus blood flow velocity index and the postnatal neurodevelopmental status of fetuses with placental circulatory insufficiency

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 497-503

  Fouron, Jean Claude ^a,b   Gosselin, Julie ^b   Raboisson, Marie Josée ^a   Lamoureux, Julie ^a   Tison, Claudine Amiel ^c   Fouron, Catherine ^b   Hudon, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Aortic isthmus blood flow index; Doppler measurement; Neurodevelopmental outcome; Placental insufficiency; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

EID: 13444309593     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.08.026     Document Type: Article

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