Acute centralization of blood flow in compromised human fetuses evoked by uterine contractions

Early Human Development

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 747-752

  Li, Hui ^a   Gudmundsson, Saemundur ^a   Olofsson, Per ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebral; Doppler; Middle cerebral artery; Pregnancy; Pulsatility index; Umbilical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OXYTOCIN TEST; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS RELAXATION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL HYPOXIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OXYTOCIN; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 33750369372     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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