Prenatal diagnosis of abnormal course of umbilical vein and absent ductus venosus - Report of three cases

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-139

  Hajdu J ^a,b   Marton, T ^a   Kozsurek, M ^b   Pete, B ^a   Csapo Z ^a   Beke, A ^a   Papp, Z ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Absent ductus venosus; Fetal heart malformation; Fetal hydrops; Umbilical vein, abnormal course

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HYDROPS; FOLLOW UP; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MICROCEPHALY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 40049096949     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111594     Document Type: Article

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