Selective reduction of multifetal pregnancy using high-intensity focused ultrasound in the rabbit model

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-270

  Paek, B ^a   Foley, J ^b   Zderic, V ^b   Starr, F ^b   Shields, L E ^a   Vaezy, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal therapy; Fetus; HIFU; Non invasive; Selective reduction; Tissue ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TRANSDUCER;

NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SCIENCES TECHNOLOGIES; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; RABBITS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 27544435255     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1983     Document Type: Article

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