Interlobar venous flow is different between left and right kidney in uncomplicated third trimester pregnancy

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-11

  Gyselaers, W ^a   Verswijvel, G ^a   Molenberghs, G ^b   Ombelet, W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Doppler flow; Gestational hemodynamics; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Renal hemodynamics; Renal interlobar veins

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY VEIN; LEFT KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VENOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RENAL CIRCULATION; RENAL VEINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 38349178380     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106498     Document Type: Article

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