Intra- and interobserver reliability of umbilical vein blood flow

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 999-1003

  Fernandez, Susana ^a,b   Figueras, Francesc ^a   Gomez, Olga ^a   Martinez, Josep Maria ^a   Eixarch, Elisenda ^a   Comas, Montserrat ^a   Puerto, Bienvenido ^a   Gratacos, Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doppler; Fetal and placental pathology; IUGR detection; Placental insufficiency; Reliability; Umbilical vein flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 57349114289     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2092     Document Type: Article

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