Comparison of perinatal outcome of growth-restricted fetuses with normal and abnormal umbilical artery Doppler waveforms

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 311-317

  Malhotra, Neena ^a   Chanana, Charu ^a,b   Kumar, Sunesh ^a   Roy, Kallol ^a   Sharma, J ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Fetal growth retardation; Pregnancy outcome; Prenatal; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABSENT ENDDIASTOLIC BLOOD FLOW; ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSED ENDDIASTOLIC BLOOD FLOW; TREATMENT INDICATION; UMBILICAL ARTERY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 33746919579     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.26607     Document Type: Article

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