Comparison of ductus venosus blood flow waveform indices of 607 singletons with 133 multiples at 10-14 weeks gestation: An evaluation in uncomplicated pregnancies

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 266, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 187-192

  Germer, U ^a   Kohl, T ^a   Smrcek, J M ^a   Geipel, A ^a   Berg, C ^a   Krapp, M ^a   Friedrich, H J ^b   Diedrich, K ^a   Gembruch, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Ductus venosus; Early pregnancy; Fetal blood flow; Multiple pregnancy; Nuchal translucency; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHORION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; SCREENING TEST; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; WAVEFORM;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0036910904     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-001-0250-y     Document Type: Article

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