The use of umbilical artery doppler ultrasonography in modern obstetrics

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 370-374

  Burrell, Stephen J ^a   Kingdom, John C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030699265     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199712000-00007     Document Type: Review

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