Fetal Doppler velocimetry

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 201-214

  Detti, Laura ^a   Mari, Giancarlo ^a   Cheng, Chih Chien ^b   Bahado Singh, Ray O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Prenatal Diagnosis Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA FLOW; AORTA VALVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CELIAC ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY SINUS; DESCENDING AORTA; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; RENAL ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SPLEEN ARTERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; LIVER; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 1642287599     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2003.12.002     Document Type: Review

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