Monitoring of Fetal Well-Being: Role of Uterine Artery Doppler

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 258-262

  Ghidini, Alessandro ^a   Locatelli, Anna ^b  

^a INOVA ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

abnormal placental implantation; Doppler velocimetry; fetal growth restriction; preeclampsia; uterine artery

Indexed keywords

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; PROTEINURIA; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE ARTERY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ARTERIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERUS;

EID: 47349108558     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2008.04.019     Document Type: Review

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