Sex Specific Differences in Fetal Middle Cerebral Artery and Umbilical Venous Doppler

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Prior, Tomas ^a,b   Wild, Marianne ^a   Mullins, Edward ^a,b   Bennett, Phillip ^a,b   Kumar, Sailesh ^a,b  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 84874242066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056933     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Munne S, Tang YX, Weier HU, Stein J, Finkelstein M, et al. (1993) Sex distribution in arrested precompacted human embryos. Zygote 1 (2) (): 155-62 Epub 1993/05/01.
2. Byrne JWD, (1987) Male excess among anatomically normal fetuses in spontaneous abortions. Am J Med Genet 26(3)(Mar): 605-11.
3. Jakobovitz AA, (1991) Sex ratio of spontaneously aborted fetuses and delivered neonates in second trimester. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 25 40(3)(Jul): 211-3.
4. Bekedam DJ, Engelsbel S, Mol BWJ, Buitendijk SE, van der Pal-de Bruin KM, (2002) Male predominance in fetal distress during labor. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 187 (6) (): 1605-7.
5. Lieberman E, Lang JM, Cohen AP, Frigoletto Jr FD, Acker D, et al. (1997) The association of fetal sex with the rate of cesarean section. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 176 (3) (): 667-71.
6. James WH, (1995) Sex ratios of offspring and the causes of placental pathology. Human Reproduction 10 (6) (): 1403-6.
7. Vatten LJ, Skjærven R, (2004) Offspring sex and pregnancy outcome by length of gestation. Early Human Development 76 (1) (): 47-54.
8. Edwards A, Megens A, Peek M, Wallace EM, (2000) Sexual origins of placental dysfunction. The Lancet 355 (9199) (): 203-4.
9. Berkowitz GS, Chitkara U, Rosenberg J, Cogswell C, Walker B, et al. (1988) Sonographic estimation of fetal weight and Doppler analysis of umbilical artery velocimetry in the prediction of intrauterine growth retardation: a prospective study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 158 (5) (): 1149-53 Epub 1988/05/01.
10. Wladimiroff JW, Tonge HM, Stewart PA, (1986) Doppler ultrasound assessment of cerebral blood flow in the human fetus. British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 93 (5) (): 471-5 Epub 1986/05/01.
11. Vyas S, Nicolaides KH, Bower S, Campbell S, (1990) Middle cerebral artery flow velocity waveforms in fetal hypoxaemia. British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 97 (9) (): 797-803 Epub 1990/09/01.
12. Piazze J, Padula F, Cerekja A, Cosmi EV, Anceschi MM, (2005) Prognostic value of umbilical-middle cerebral artery pulsatility index ratio in fetuses with growth restriction. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 91 (3) (): 233-7.
13. Roza SJ, Steegers EAP, Verburg BO, Jaddoe VWV, Moll HA, et al. (2008) What Is Spared by Fetal Brain-Sparing? Fetal Circulatory Redistribution and Behavioral Problems in the General Population. American Journal of Epidemiology 168 (10) (): 1145-52.
14. Rigano S, Bozzo M, Ferrazzi E, Bellotti M, Battaglia FC, et al. (2001) Early and persistent reduction in umbilical vein blood flow in the growth-restricted fetus: A longitudinal study. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 185 (4) (): 834-8.
15. CG55 Intrapartum care: NICE guideline 2007 26 September.
16. Murji A, Proctor LK, Paterson AD, Chitayat D, Weksberg R, et al. (2012) Male sex bias in placental dysfunction. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A 158A (4) (): 779-83.
17. Wladimiroff JW, vd Wijngaard JA, Degani S, Noordam MJ, van Eyck J, et al. (1987) Cerebral and umbilical arterial blood flow velocity waveforms in normal and growth-retarded pregnancies. Obstet Gynecol 69 (5) (): 705-9 Epub 1987/05/01.
18. Eixarch E, Meler E, Iraola A, Illa M, Crispi F, et al. (2008) Neurodevelopmental outcome in 2-year-old infants who were small-for-gestational age term fetuses with cerebral blood flow redistribution. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 32 (7) (): 894-9.
19. Whitehouse AJO, Mattes E, Maybery MT, Sawyer MG, Jacoby P, et al. (2012) Sex-specific associations between umbilical cord blood testosterone levels and language delay in early childhood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 53 (7) (): 726-34.
20. Baron-Cohen S, Lombardo MV, Auyeung B, Ashwin E, Chakrabarti B, et al. (2011) Why Are Autism Spectrum Conditions More Prevalent in Males? PLoS Biol 9 (6) (): e1001081.
21. Gramellini DFM, Raboni S, Vadora E, Merialdi A, (1992) Cerebral-umbilical Doppler ratio as a predictor of adverse perinatal outcome. Obstet Gynecol 79(3)(Mar): 416-20.
22. Barbera A, Galan HL, Ferrazzi E, Rigano S, Jozwik M, et al. (1999) Relationship of umbilical vein blood flow to growth parameters in the human fetus. Am J Obstet Gynecol 181 (1) (): 174-9 Epub 1999/07/20.
23. Murphy VE, Gibson PG, Giles WB, Zakar T, Smith R, et al. (2003) Maternal Asthma Is Associated with Reduced Female Fetal Growth. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 168 (11) (): 1317-23.
24. Clifton VL, (2010) Review: Sex and the Human Placenta: Mediating Differential Strategies of Fetal Growth and Survival. Placenta 31, Supplement (0) (): S33-S9.
25. Benders MJNL, Hendrikse J, de Vries L, Groenendaal F, van Bel F, (2013) Doppler-Assessed Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity in the Neonate as Estimator of Global Cerebral Blood Volume Flow Measured Using Phase-Contrast Magnetic Resonance Angiography. Neonatology 103 (1) (): 21-6.
26. Liu Y, Zhu X, Feinberg D, Guenther M, Gregori J, et al. (2012) Arterial spin labeling MRI study of age and gender effects on brain perfusion hemodynamics. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 68 (3) (): 912-22.