Prenatal ultrasonographic assessment of the ductus venosus: A review

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 626-632

  Sherer, David M ^a   Fromberg, Risa A ^b   Divon, Michael Y ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's National Health System   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 0029839364     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00181-0     Document Type: Review

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