Uterine and umbilical artery Doppler are comparable in predicting perinatal outcome of growth-restricted fetuses

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 424-430

  Ghosh, G S ^a   Gudmundsson, S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Doppler; Perinatal outcome; Small for gestational age; Ultrasound; Umbilical artery; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FETUS; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CESAREAN SECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UTERUS;

EID: 58549100290     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.02057.x     Document Type: Article

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