The impact of umbilical and uterine artery Doppler indices on antenatal course, labor and delivery in a low-risk primigravid population

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-149

  Cooley, Sharon M ^a,b   Donnelly, Jennifer C ^a   Walsh, Thomas ^a   MacMahon, Corrina ^a   Gillan, John ^a   Geary, Michael P ^a  

^a ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Obstetric outcome; primigravid; umbilical artery Dopplers; uterine artery Dopplers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UTERINE ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952784429     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2010.130     Document Type: Article

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