Doppler ultrasonography and implantation: A critical review

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 327-332

  Carbillon, L ^a   Perrot, N ^a,b   Uzan, M ^a   Uzan, Serge ^b  

^a HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Doppler ultrasound; Endometrial receptivity; Implantation; Intervillous flow; Ovarian velocimetry; Uterine artery; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; IMPLANTATION; MISSED ABORTION; OOCYTE; OVARY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SAFETY; UTERINE ARTERY;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OVARY; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 0034768596     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053936     Document Type: Review

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