Proximity of term labor deepens the fall of Doppler impedance in the fetal cerebral arteries

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 283-290

  Morales Roselló, José ^a   Hervás Marín, David ^b   Perales Marín, Alfredo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Fetal labor onset; Fetal middle cerebral artery; Fetal vertebral artery; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CESAREAN SECTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL CEREBRAL ARTERY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LABOR; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; TERM BIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 84891940026     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.814634     Document Type: Article

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