Detection of twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence at the time of first-trimester screening : The added value of 3-dimensional volume and color Doppler sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1105-1109

  Bornstein, Eran ^a   Monteagudo, Ana ^a   Dong, Ran ^a   Schwartz, Nadav ^a   Timor Tritsch, Ilan E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARDIUS; ADULT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRAP SEQUENCE;

EID: 47249144375     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.7.1105     Document Type: Article

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