Reliability analysis on ductus venosus assessment at 11-14 weeks' gestation in a high-risk population

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 442-446

  Borrell, Antoni ^a,b   Perez, Marimer ^a   Figueras, Francesc ^a   Meler, Eva ^a   Gonce, Anna ^a   Gratacos, Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ductus venosus; Prenatal diagnosis; Reliability analysis; Reproducibility analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FETUS HEART; MATERNAL AGE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34347232335     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1706     Document Type: Article

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