Atrial natriuretic peptide levels in fetal blood in relation to inferior vena cava velocity waveforms

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 242-247

  Capponi, Alessandra ^b   Rizzo, Giuseppe ^a   De Angelis, Claudio ^b   Arduini, Domenico ^b   Romanini, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0031081191     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(96)00432-2     Document Type: Article

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