Pathology and clinical implications of abnormal umbilical artery Doppler waveforms

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 271-286

  Kingdom, J C P ^a   Burrell, S J ^a   Kaufmann, P ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abnormal umbilical artery Doppler; Developmental biology; Fetoplacental circulation; Nitric oxide; Timing of delivery; Vascular pathology; Vasomotor regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

EID: 0030918456     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.09040271.x     Document Type: Review

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