Cardiac blood flow studies in fetuses with homozygous α-thalassemia-1 at 12-13 weeks of gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-51

  Lam, Y H ^a,c   Tang, M H Y ^a   Lee, C P ^a   Tse, H Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c TSAN YUK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Cardiac function; Doppler study; Fetal anemia; First trimester; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDOCENTESIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DNA DETERMINATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE;

ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DNA; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033013781     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.13010048.x     Document Type: Article

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