Color Doppler and gray-scale ultrasound evaluation of the postpartum uterus

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 586-591

  Van den Bosch, Thierry ^a   Van Schoubroeck, D ^b   Lu, C ^c   De Brabanter, J ^c   Van Huffel, S ^c   Timmerman, D ^b  

^a AZ Heilig Hart ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Color Doppler; Placental remnants; Postpartum; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MYOMETRIUM; PH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; UTERUS BLEEDING; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; PLACENTA, RETAINED; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERUS;

EID: 0036905544     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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