Corpus luteum blood flow in abnormal early pregnancy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 645-649

  Alcazár, Juan Luis ^a   Laparte, Carmen ^a   López Garcia, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Color velocity imaging; Corpus luteum, blood flow; Doppler ultrasonography; Pregnancy, abnormal early

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; OBSTETRICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COLOR VELOCITY IMAGING; CORPUS LUTEUM; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; RESISTIVE INDEX;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0030248745     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1996.15.9.645     Document Type: Article

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