The ductus venosus in early pregnancy and congenital anomalies

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 688-692

  Borrell, Antoni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Ductus venosus; Fetal aneuploidy; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; ANEUPLOIDY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TRISOMY 21; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ANEUPLOIDY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETUS; HUMANS; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 4644354649     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.958     Document Type: Review

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