The vertebral artery Doppler might be an alternative to the middle cerebral artery Doppler in the follow-up of the early onset growth-restricted fetus

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 109-114

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 84895070146     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.4263     Document Type: Article

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