The fetal portal vein: Normal blood flow development during the second half of human pregnancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-60

  Kessler, J ^a,b   Rasmussen, S ^a,b   Kiserud, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Circulation; Doppler ultrasound; Fetus; Portal vein

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRCULATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PORTAL VEIN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PORTAL VEIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 34447530718     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4054     Document Type: Article

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