Colour Doppler ultrasound of spiral artery blood flow in the prediction of pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-366

  Gebb, Juliana ^a,b   Dar, Pe'er ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

colour Doppler ultrasound; intrauterine growth restriction; pre eclampsia; spiral artery; three dimensional power Doppler

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE ARTERY;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 79955815318     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2011.01.008     Document Type: Review

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