Neurodevelopment after fetal growth restriction

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 136-142

  Baschat, Ahmet A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal growth restriction; Head growth; Neurodevelopment; Umbilical artery blood flow resistance

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DELIVERY; DETERIORATION; FETAL GROWTH RESTRICTION; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BRAIN; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; COGNITION; FETUS GROWTH RESTRICTION; GROWTH DISORDER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTA PERFUSION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

BRAIN; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 84908356360     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353631     Document Type: Review

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