Reassuring fetal middle cerebral artery Doppler velocimetry in alloimmunised pregnancies: Neonatal outcomes without invasive procedures

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 341-345

  Abdel Fattah, Sherif A ^a,b   Shefras, Julia ^a   Kyle, Phillipa M ^a   Cairns, Pamela ^a   Hunter, Alyson ^a   Soothill, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal anaemia; Middle cerebral artery Doppler; Red cell alloimmunisation

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN ANEMIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANEMIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 23944523797     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086809     Document Type: Article

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