Color Doppler study of the venous circulation in the fetal brain and hemodynamic study of the cerebral transverse sinus

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-42

  Laurichesse Delmas, H ^a   Grimaud, O ^b   Moscoso, G ^a   Ville, Y ^a,c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Brain circulation; Color Doppler; Doppler ultrasound; Fetus; Venous blood flow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CEREBELLUM; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TRANSVERSE SINUS; VENOUS CIRCULATION; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033022289     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.13010034.x     Document Type: Article

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