Gestational related changes in the deep venous system of the lower limb on light reflection rheography in pregnancy and the puerperium

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1174-1179

  Calderwood, C J ^a   Jamieson, R ^b   Greer, I A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Glasgow Royal Infirmary ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD RHEOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LEG THROMBOSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RELIABILITY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DILATATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 35548943993     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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