Metabolic assessment of the brain using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in a growth-restricted human fetus: Case report

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 305-310

  Azpurua, Humberto ^a   Alvarado, Arturo ^b   Mayobre, Finita ^c   Salom, Tamara ^d   Copel, Joshua A ^a   Guevara Zuloaga, Freddy ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c Instituto de Resonancia Magnética   (Venezuela)

^d Centro Profesional Santa Paula   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Brain; Fetal; Growth; Lactate; Pregnancy; Spectroscopy; Thrombophilia

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CHOLINE; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STARVATION; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL HYPOXIA; FETUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 44849108669     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1076603     Document Type: Article

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