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. 1988 Sep;29(1):15-9.
doi: 10.1016/0028-2243(88)90159-1.

Direct measurements of fetal cerebral blood-flow velocity with duplex Doppler ultrasound

G D Lang  1 , M I Levene, A Dougall, D Shortland, D H Evans
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Direct measurements of fetal cerebral blood-flow velocity with duplex Doppler ultrasound

G D Lang et al. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1988 Sep.

Abstract

A new Doppler technique for assessing the fetal cerebral circulation is described. Cerebral blood-flow velocity was measured in 15 fetuses and 18 neonates of similar gestational age. The median fetal and neonatal velocities were 4.5 cm/s and 8 cm/s, respectively, with a larger range in the neonatal values. This technique is a noninvasive method of studying fetal cerebral physiology and may be of value in detecting intra-uterine asphyxia.

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