Predictiveness of antenatal umbilical artery Doppler for adverse pregnancy outcome in small-for-gestational-age babies according to customised birthweight centiles: Population-based study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 590-594

  Figueras, F ^a   Eixarch, E ^a   Gratacos, E ^a   Gardosi, J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b West Midlands Perinatal Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler evaluation; Fetal growth; Fetal growth restriction; Small for gestational age fetus; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 40549142452     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01670.x     Document Type: Article

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