Changes in fetal Doppler indices as a marker of failure to reach growth potential at term

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 303-310

  Morales Rosello J ^a,b   Khalil, A ^a   Morlando, M ^a   Papageorghiou, A ^a   Bhide, A ^a   Thilaganathan, B ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

cerebroplacental ratio; failure to reach growth potential; fetal Doppler; fetal growth restriction; middle cerebral artery Doppler; small for gestational age; umbilical artery Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOXIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPLICATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PULSATILE FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ANOXIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PULSATILE FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 84897689378     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13319     Document Type: Article

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