Effect of antenatal glucocorticoid therapy on arterial and venous blood flow velocity waveforms in severely growth-restricted fetuses

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 584-589

  Wijnberger, L D E ^a   Bilardo, C M ^b   Hecher, K ^c   Stigter, R H ^a   Visser, G H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c AKH Barmbek ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Antenatal glucocorticoids; Betamethasone; Doppler; Ductus venosus; Fetal venous blood flow velocity waveforms; IUGR; Middle cerebral artery; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OBSERVATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

BETAMETHASONE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL HEART; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 3042565254     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1052     Document Type: Article

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