Fetal intra-abdominal umbilical vein dilatation associated with notching in umbilical artery

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 160-162

  Baytur, Yesim Bulbul ^a,b   Ozcakir, Hasan Tayfun ^a   Lacin, Selman ^a   Koyuncu, Faik Mumtaz ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Doppler; Notching in umbilical artery; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound; Umbilical vein dilatation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN DILATATION;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 16444380288     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-004-0608-z     Document Type: Article

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