In Utero Imaging of the Placenta: Importance for Diseases of Pregnancy

Placenta

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Abramowicz, J S ^a   Sheiner, E ^a,b  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal maternal circulation; Placenta; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ADIPIODONE ETHYL ESTER; ALBUNEX; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; SHU 508;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROPS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SAFETY; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SPECTROSCOPY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THERMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRIPLOIDY; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; UTERUS;

EID: 33947724604     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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