Doppler evaluation of the posterior cerebral artery in normally grown and growth restricted fetuses

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 115-120

  Benavides Serralde, Jesus Andres ^a,b,c   Hernandez Andrade, Edgar ^a,c,e   Cruz Martinez, Rogelio ^a   Cruz Lemini, Mónica ^a   Scheier, Matthias ^a,d   Figueras, Francesc ^a   Mancilla, Javier ^c   Gratacos, Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

^c Research Building   (Mexico)

^d Ambulatorium fuer Fetalmedizin ^*  (Austria)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; UMBILICAL ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895071654     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.4265     Document Type: Article

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