Normal reference values of the pulsatility index and peak systolic velocity in the fetal middle cerebral artery during normal pregnancy;Valores de referencia del índice de pulsatilidad y de la velocidad máxima en la arteria cerebral media fetal durante el embarazo normal

Ginecologia y Obstetricia de Mexico

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 376-382

  Castro, Néstor Medina ^a   Diesel, Horacio Figueroa ^a   Andrade, Edgar Hernández ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fetus; Middle cerebral artery; Normal reference values; Peak systolic velocity; Pulsatility index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSE RATE; SYSTOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PULSE; REFERENCE VALUES; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 35348946986     PISSN: 03009041     EISSN: 03009041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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