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Antenatal Ultrasound and Fetal Doppler: Diagnosis and Outcome in Intrauterine Growth Retardation

  • Emanuel P. Gaziano
    Correspondence
    Address reprint requests to: Emanuel P. Gaziano, MD, 800 East 28th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407
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    From the Perinatal Center, Abbott Northwestern Hospital; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, United Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0095-5108(18)30305-1
Antenatal Ultrasound and Fetal Doppler: Diagnosis and Outcome in Intrauterine Growth Retardation
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      This article reviews information relative to the antenatal diagnosis of retarded fetal growth in singleton and multiple gestations drawing upon standard clinical means as well as ultrasonographic biometry and Doppler interrogation of certain vessels. The development of fetal Doppler technology enables assessment of the recently described vascular changes and brain-sparing effect associated with certain types of growth retardation. Finally, a discussion follows on adverse outcome in growth retardation and a number of fetal assessment modalities that include: Doppler, ultrasound assessed structural malformations, transcerebellar diameter, and ponderai index and fetal blood sampling.
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