Middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity in monochorionic and dichorionic twin pregnancies

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-200

  Dashe, Jodi S ^a,b   Ramus, Ronald M ^a   Santos Ramos, Rigoberto ^a   McIntire, Donald D ^a   Twickler, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle cerebral artery; Peak systolic velocity; Twins

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DOPPLER EFFECT; FETAL MONITORING; IMMUNIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ANEMIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY (MCA); PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY (PSV); PREGNANCIES; TWINS;

NEUROLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 33846675897     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.2.195     Document Type: Article

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