Doppler cerebro-umbilical ratio and fetal biophysical profile in the assessment of peripartal cardiotocography in growth-retarded fetuses

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 452-456

  Habek, Dubravko ^a,b   Salihagić, Aida ^b   Jugović, Domagoj ^d   Herman, Radoslav ^c  

^a Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cardiotocography; Cerebro umbilical ratio; Doppler sonography; Fetal biophysical profile; Intrauterine growth retardation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

BRAIN; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 35548961445     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106354     Document Type: Article

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