Ultrasound: Providing the physiological basis for fetal medicine

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 605-606

  Kiserud, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER PERFUSION; NOTE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 55549112891     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6229     Document Type: Note

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