Do maternal cerebral vascular changes assessed by transcranial Doppler antedate pre-eclampsia?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 254-256

  Williams, K P ^a   Moutquin, J M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular resistance; Maternal cerebral blood flow; Middle cerebral artery; Pre eclampsia; Second trimester; Third trimester; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SYSTOLE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 1642406014     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.955     Document Type: Article

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