The application of color power angiography to the longitudinal quantification of blood flow volume in the fetal middle cerebral arteries, ascending aorta, descending aorta, and renal arteries during gestation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 393-400

  Konje, Justin C ^a   Abrams, Keith ^a   Bell, Stephen C ^a   De Chazal, Richard C ^a   Taylor, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascending aorta; Blood flow; Color power angiography; Descending aorta; Middle cerebral artery; Renal arteries

Indexed keywords

AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034047755     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(00)70230-4     Document Type: Article

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