Cardiovascular evaluation of fetal anemia due to alloimmunization

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-202

  Bigras, Jean Luc ^a   Suda, Kenji ^b   Dahdah, Nagib S ^a   Fouron, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alloimmunization; Echocardiography; Fetal anemia; Middle cerebral artery; Pulsatility index; Red blood cell transport

Indexed keywords

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FLOW RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 50049105038     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151338     Document Type: Review

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