New Doppler index for prediction of perinatal brain damage in growth-restricted and hypoxic fetuses

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-311

  Jugovic D ^a   Tumbri, J ^b   Medic M ^a   Kusan Jukic M ^a   Kurjak, A ^b   Arbeille, P ^c   Salihagic Kadic A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Croatia)

^c SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Doppler; Fetal hypoxia; IUGR; Neonatal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN PERIOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN TENSION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DISEASES; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 34748862408     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4094     Document Type: Article

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