Prognostic significance of the interaction between abnormal umbilical and middle cerebral artery Doppler velocimetry in pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-166

  Spinillo, Arsenio ^a   Montanari, Laura ^a   Roccio, Marianna ^a   Zanchi, Silvia ^a   Tzialla, Chryssoula ^a,b   Stronati, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal growth restriction; Middle cerebral artery; Neonatal mortality; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEUKOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL DEATH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UMBILICAL ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 59649123888     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340802632358     Document Type: Article

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