Fetal brain/liver volume ratio and umbilical volume flow parameters relative to normal and abnormal human development

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 256-261

  Boito, S ^a,b   Struijk, P C ^a   Ursem, N T C ^a   Fedele, L ^b   Wladimiroff, J W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AGA fetus; Brain liver volume ratio; SGA fetus; Umbilical venous blood flow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIVER WEIGHT; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYSTOLE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LIVER; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0037351354     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.54     Document Type: Article

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