Effect of umbilical ring constriction on Wharton's jelly

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 692-698

  Skulstad, S M ^a   Ulriksen, M ^b   Rasmussen, S ^a,b,c   Kiserud, T ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Birth Registry   (Norway)

Author keywords

Circulation; Fetus; Umbilical cord; Umbilicus; Wharton's jelly

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURGOR PRESSURE; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEIN; VENOCONSTRICTION; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 33750295451     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3814     Document Type: Article

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