Developmental changes in hemodynamics of uterine artery, utero- and umbilicoplacental, and vitelline circulations in mouse throughout gestation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Mu, Junwu ^a,b,c   Adamson, S Lee ^a,b,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood velocity; Doppler ultrasound; Embryonic development; Fetus; Pregnancy; Ultrasound biomicroscope; Yolk sac

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL CORD; UTERUS; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

EID: 33748419363     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00031.2006     Document Type: Article

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