Ante- and intrapartum diagnosis of vasa praevia in singleton pregnancies by colour coded Doppler sonography

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-25

  Baschat, Ahmet Alexander ^a   Gembruch, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amniotic sheet; Colour coded Doppler sonography; Prenatal diagnosis; Pulsed wave Doppler sonography; Vasa praevia; Velamentous cord insertion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0031833308     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(98)00026-8     Document Type: Article

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