Sonographic methods to detect fetal anemia in red blood cell alloimmunization

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 240-250

  Whitecar, Paul W ^a   Moise Jr , Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANEMIA; AORTA; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HYDROPS; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; REVIEW; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; SPLEEN ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0034027910     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-200004000-00024     Document Type: Review

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