Middle cerebral artery median peak systolic velocity validation: Effect of measurement technique

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 625-630

  Patterson, Tamula M ^a   Alexander, Amy ^a   Szychowski, Jeff M ^b   Owen, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler interrogation; middle cerebral artery; normative median values; peak systolic velocity

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RHEOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77955538352     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249365     Document Type: Article

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