Impact of cerebral redistribution on neurodevelopmental outcome in small-for-gestational-age or growth-restricted babies: A systematic review

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 398-404

  Meher, S ^a,b   Hernandez Andrade, E ^c   Basheer, S N ^d   Lees, C ^e,f  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

brain sparing; cerebral redistribution; cerebroplacental ratio; MCA; middle cerebral artery; neurodevelopment; neurological outcome

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 84942878070     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.14818     Document Type: Review

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