Survey on the current trends in managing intrauterine growth restriction

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 129-135

  Savchev, Stefan ^a   Figueras, Francesc ^a,b,c   Gratacos, Eduard ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doppler; Intrauterine growth restriction; Management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; DELIVERY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETAL BIOPHYSICAL PROFILE; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 84908356598     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000360419     Document Type: Article

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