Increased fetal brain perfusion and neonatal neurobehavioral performance in normally grown fetuses

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 182-188

  Mula, Raquel ^a,b   Savchev, Stefan ^a,b   Parra, Miguel ^a,b   Arranz, Angela ^a,b   Botet, Francesc ^a,b   Costas Moragas, Carme ^c   Gratacos, Eduard ^a,b,d   Figueras, Francesc ^a,b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain perfusion; Doppler; Neurobehavioral outcome

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAZELTON NEONATAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; CESAREAN SECTION; COGNITION; DELIVERY; EXCITATION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FRONTAL CORTEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84876097493     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350699     Document Type: Article

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