Umbilical artery Doppler indices in small for gestational age fetuses: Correlation with adverse outcomes and placental abnormalities

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1603-1610

  Dicke, Jeffrey M ^a   Huettner, Phyllis ^a   Yan, Sida ^a   Odibo, Anthony ^a   Kraus, Frederick T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Placenta; Small for gestational age; Umbilical artery Doppler indices

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONICS;

DOPPLER; DOPPLER EXAMINATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; PLACENTA; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; SCREENING EFFICIENCY;

RADIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; METHODOLOGY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 74749086389     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.12.1603     Document Type: Article

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