State of the Art: Non-Invasive Ultrasound Assessment of the Uteroplacental Circulation

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 232-239

  Urban, Gabriele ^a   Vergani, Patrizia ^a   Ghidini, Alessandro ^a   Tortoli, Piero ^b   Ricci, Stefano ^b   Patrizio, Pasquale ^c   Paidas, Michael J ^c  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D Power Doppler; Doppler ultrasound; growth retarded fetuses; Multigate Spectral Doppler; preeclampsia; uteroplacental perfusion

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PERFUSION; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST; ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 34548310430     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2007.06.002     Document Type: Review

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