Fetal vertebral artery doppler reference values at 19-41 weeks of gestation

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 209-215

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

^a HOSPITAL DE LA PLANA   (Spain)

^b Clínica Morales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Fetal brain; Fetal vertebral artery; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCIPITAL BONE; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILITY INDEX; REFERENCE VALUE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY RESISTANCE INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; SPAIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870062603     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337365     Document Type: Article

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