Color Doppler of the Splenic Artery in the Prenatal Diagnosis of Heterotaxic Syndromes

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 469-474

  Abuhamad, Alfred Z ^a   Robinson, Julian N ^a   Bogdan, Donna ^a   Tannous, Roland J ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

asplenia; color Doppler; heterotaxic syndrome; polysplenia; Splenic artery

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN DISEASE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; ULTRASOUND;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; SPLENIC ARTERY; STOMACH; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033505193     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-6806     Document Type: Article

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