Fetal middle cerebral to uterine artery pulsatility index ratios in normal and pre-eclamptic pregnancies

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 794-801

  Simanaviciute, D ^a   Gudmundsson, S ^b,c  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain sparing; Doppler; MCA uterine artery PI ratio; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS CIRCULATION; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL CARE; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 33751235575     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3805     Document Type: Article

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