Neonatal color Doppler US study: Normal values of cerebral blood flow velocities in preterm infants in the first month of life

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-331

  Romagnoli, Costantino ^a   Giannantonio, Carmen ^a   De Carolis, Maria Pia ^a   Gallini, Francesca ^a   Zecca, Enrico ^a   Papacci, Patrizia ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow velocities; Cerebral US; Color Doppler flowmetry; Preterm infant

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS;

CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW VELOCITIES; CEREBRAL US; COLOR DOPPLER-FLOWMETRY; PRETERM INFANT;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; DIASTOLE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33644829035     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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