Power Doppler signals of fetal brain and lung blood flow in normal and high-risk pregnancies

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 282-289

  Gudmundsson, S ^a   Dubiel, M ^b   Kozber, H ^b   Ropacka, M ^b   Breborowicz, G H ^b   Marsal K ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University Hospital MAS ^*

Author keywords

Brain lung ratio; Fetus; Power doppler

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS MONITORING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0032721028     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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