Relationship between monitoring parameters and perinatal outcome in severe, early intrauterine growth restriction

To investigate whether pathological changes in the umbilical artery (UA), ductus venosus (DV) and short‐term fetal heart variation are related to perinatal outcome in severe, early intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR).

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