Middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity for the diagnosis of fetal anemia: The untold story

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 323-330

  Mari, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEMIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS DISEASE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; AMNIOCENTESIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 17444429982     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1882     Document Type: Note

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