In vitro demonstration of inhibition of retrograde flow in the human umbilical vein

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 319-323

  Potter, P L ^a,b  

^a Maternal Fetal Specialists   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antegrade flow; Doppler flow; Retrograde flow; Time average mean velocity; Umbilical venous flow; Venous flow velocity; Venous flow volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERFUSION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UMBILICAL VEINS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030771154     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.09050319.x     Document Type: Article

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