Maternal cerebral blood flow during normal pregnancy: A cross-sectional study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 475.e1-475.e6

  Nevo, Ori ^a,b   Soustiel, Jean F ^b   Thaler, Israel ^b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

angle independent Doppler; cerebral blood flow; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MATERNAL BLOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 78149279667     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.05.031     Document Type: Article

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