Doppler study of the fetal vertebral artery in small for gestational age fetuses with intrauterine growth restriction

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1003-1010

  Morales Roselló, José ^a   Peralta Llorens, Núria ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA PLANA   (Spain)

^b Clinica Morales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain sparing; Fetal Doppler sonography; Fetal growth restriction; Fetal vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DOPPLER EXAMINATION; DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; FETAL GROWTH RESTRICTION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERIES;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPAIN; STATISTICS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 84864266045     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.7.1003     Document Type: Article

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