Doppler changes in the vertebral, middle cerebral, and umbilical arteries in fetuses delivered after 34weeks: Relationship to severity of growth restriction

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 960-967

  Morales Roselló, José ^a,c   Hervás Marín, David ^b   Fillol Crespo, Manuel ^c   Perales Marín, Alfredo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA DEL HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS IDISSC   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA PLANA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 84866975306     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.3941     Document Type: Article

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