Fetal middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity in the investigation of non-immune hydrops

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 442-445

  Hernandez Andrade, E ^a   Scheier, M ^a   Dezerega, V ^a   Carmo, A ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cordocentesis; Doppler ultrasonography; Fetal anemia; Middle cerebral artery; Non immune hydrops; Parvovirus B19

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CORDOCENTESIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYDROPS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN EDEMA; SYSTOLE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANEMIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DISEASES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 2442520430     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1009     Document Type: Article

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