Importance of ductus venosus Doppler assessment for fetal outcome in cases of intrauterine growth restriction

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 348-355

  Ritter, Stefan ^a   Jörn, Hendrik ^a   Weiss, Claudia ^a   Rath, Werner ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler; Ductus venosus; Fetal outcome; Intrauterine growth retardation

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 3042636303     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077964     Document Type: Article

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