Are color and pulsed Doppler sonography safe in early pregnancy?

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 423-430

  Kurjak, Asim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Early pregnancy; Pulsed Doppler; Safety of ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 0033452875     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.1999.057     Document Type: Review

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