Doppler studies in normal kidneys of preterm and term neonates: Changes in relation to gestational age and birth weight

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 623-627

  Yildirim, Hanefi ^a   Gungor, Serdal ^b   Cihangiroglu, M Mutlu ^c   Aygun, A Denizmen ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mean flow velocity; Preterm neonate; Pulsatility index; Resistive index; Term neonate

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONICS;

COLOR SONOGRAPHY; FLOW VELOCITY WAVEFORMS; GESTATIONAL AGE; KIDNEYS; NEONATAL POPULATION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIASTOLE; DIFFERENTIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY; NEWBORN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PREMATURITY; PULSATILE FLOW; RENAL ARTERY; SYSTOLE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 17744384946     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.5.623     Document Type: Article

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