Determinants of the middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity in the human fetus

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 526.e1-526.e4

  Picklesimer, Amy H ^a   Oepkes, Dick ^b   Moise Jr , Kenneth J ^c   Kush, Michelle L ^d   Weiner, Carl P ^e   Harman, Christopher R ^d   Baschat, Ahmet A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alloimmunization; Doppler measurement; fetal anemia; hypoxia; middle cerebral artery; peak systolic velocity

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEMOGLOBIN F; OXYGEN;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GAS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDOCENTESIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL VEIN; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 35548988834     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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