Reference ranges for Doppler assessment of uterine artery resistance and pulsatility indices in dichorionic twin pregnancies

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 663-667

  Geipel, A ^a,c   Hennemann, F ^a   Fimmers, R ^b   Willruth, A ^a   Lato, K ^a   Gembruch, U ^a   Berg, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; fetal growth restriction; pre eclampsia; reference curves; twin pregnancy; uterine arteries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 79957587267     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8859     Document Type: Article

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