Reference values of ductus venosus flow velocities and calculated waveform indices

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 623-634

  Bahlmann, F ^a   Wellek, S ^b   Reinhardt, I ^b   Merz, E ^a   Steiner, E ^a   Welter, C ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Department of Biostatistics Mannheim ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler; Ductus venosus; Fetus; Reference ranges; Regression function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SYSTOLE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VEINS;

EID: 0033894275     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0223(200008)20:8<623::AID-PD886>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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