Placental vascularization measured by three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound at 11 to 13 + 6 weeks' gestation in normal and aneuploid fetuses

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-262

  Rizzo, G ^a   Capponi, A ^b   Cavicchioni, O ^a   Vendola, M ^a   Arduini, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale GB Grassi   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Chromosomal defects; Placental vascularization; Power Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; TRISOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34748922958     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4092     Document Type: Article

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