Middle cerebral artery blood flow velocities and pulsatility index and the cerebroplacental pulsatility ratio: Longitudinal reference ranges and terms for serial measurements

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-296

  Ebbing, C ^a,b   Rasmussen, S ^a,b   Kiserud, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Cerebroplacental ratio; Doppler; Fetus; Middle cerebral artery; Reference ranges

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 34748899485     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4088     Document Type: Article

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