The combined effect of betamethasone and ritodrine on the middle cerebral artery in low risk third trimester pregnancies

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-140

  Piazze, Juan ^a   M Anceschi, Maurizio ^a   Cerekja, Albana ^a   Cosmi, Erich ^b   Meloni, Paolo ^a   Alberini, Alessandro ^a   Pizzulo, Sabrina ^a   Argento, Tamara ^a   Cosmi, Ermelando V ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Low risk pregnancies; Middle cerebral artery pulsatility index; Steroid therapy; Tocolytics

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; RITODRINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TOCOLYSIS; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

BETAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FETUS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RITODRINE; TOCOLYTIC AGENTS;

EID: 33847725571     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2007.027     Document Type: Article

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