Predicting the severity of fetal anemia using time-domain measurement of volume flow in the fetal aorta

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 437-441

  Harrington, K ^a   Fayyad, A ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^b  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cordocentesis; Fetal anemia; Fetal aorta; Volume flow

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ANEMIA; ANTIBODY TITER; AORTA; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDOCENTESIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANEMIA; AORTA; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 2442500631     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1043     Document Type: Article

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