Relationship between cerebroplacental Doppler ratio and birth weight in postdates pregnancies

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-269

  Lam, H ^a,b   Leung, W C ^a   Lee, C P ^a   Lao, T T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cerebroplacental Doppler; Large for gestation; Postdates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DELIVERY; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LARGE FOR DATE INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, POSTMATURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 15944365176     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1794     Document Type: Article

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