Acute changes of cerebral venous blood flow in growth-restricted human fetuses in response to uterine contractions

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 516-521

  Li, H ^a   Gudmundsson, S ^a   Olofsson, P ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contraction; Doppler; Flow; Labor; Oxytocin; Pregnancy; Resistance; Uterine; Venous

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; GALEN VEIN; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 7044229415     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1709     Document Type: Article

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