Reference ranges for serial measurements of umbilical artery Doppler indices in the second half of pregnancy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 937-944

  Acharya, Ganesh ^a   Wilsgaard, Tom ^b   Berntsen, Gro K Rosvold ^b   Maltau, Jan Martin ^a   Kiserud, Torvid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Doppler index; Fetus; Placenta; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 14644402429     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.09.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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