cerebral arteries and cerebroplacental ratio: a systematic review

1 Aragon Institute of Health Research (IIS Aragón), Obstetrics Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa Zaragoza, Spain. 2 Red de Salud Materno Infantil y del Desarrollo (SAMID), RETICS. Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Subdirección General de Evaluación y Fomento de la Investigación y Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) Ref: RD12/0026. 3 Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, Oxford UK. Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, UK 4 Perinatology Research Branch, Program for Perinatal Research and Obstetrics, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD and Detroit, MI, USA. 5 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.

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