First trimester umbilical venous Doppler sonography in chromosomally normal and abnormal fetuses

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 543-546

  Brown, Richard N ^a   Di Luzio, Luisa ^a   Gomes, Claudio ^a   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosomal abnormalities; Color Doppler sonography; Trisomy; Umbilical vein

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CHROMOSOMES; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DOPPLER EFFECT; FETAL MONITORING; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OBSTETRICS; PULSATILE FLOW; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPING; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 0032770976     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.8.543     Document Type: Article

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