Umbilical Cord Morphologic Characteristics and Umbilical Artery Doppler Parameters in Intrauterine Growth-Restricted Fetuses

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1341-1347

  Raio, Luigi ^a   Ghezzi, Fabio ^b   Di Naro, Edoardo ^c   Duwe, Daniela Günter ^a   Cromi, Antonella ^b   Schneider, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; Intrauterine growth restriction; Umbilical artery; Umbilical cord; Umbilical vein

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD; DOPPLER EFFECT; FETAL MONITORING;

INTRAUTERINE GROWTH; SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; PREVALENCE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 0346120272     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.12.1341     Document Type: Article

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