Variation in Doppler indices along the length of the cord from the intraabdominal to the placental insertion

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 922-928

  Khare, Manjiri ^a   Paul, Sanjoy ^a   Konje, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler; Intraabdominal umbilical artery; Perivesical artery; Placental insertion; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; WAVEFORM;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33746346484     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600604757     Document Type: Article

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