Umbilical blood flow during pregnancy: evidence for decreasing placental perfusion

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 489.e1-489.e7

  Link, Gerold ^a   Clark, Kenneth E ^b   Lang, Uwe ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; fetus; growth; placental weight; umbilical blood flow

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PH; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY CATHETER; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 34247244135     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

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