Fetal middle cerebral artery Doppler velocimetry in cases of rhesus alloimmunization

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 361-365

  Maciuleviciene, Regina ^a   Gaurilcikas, Adrius ^a   Simanaviciute, Daiva ^a   Nadisauskiene, Ruta Jolanta ^a   Gintautas, Vladas ^a   Vaitkiene, Daiva ^a   Baliutaviciene, Dalia Kotryna ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Doppler velocimetry; Fetal anemia; Middle cerebral artery; Peak systolic velocity; Rhesus alloimmunization

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDOCENTESIS; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NOMOGRAM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHESUS IMMUNIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANEMIA, NEONATAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 47349091170     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050802037787     Document Type: Article

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