Quantitative Analysis of Placental Vasculature by Three-Dimensional Power Doppler Ultrasonography in Normal Pregnancies From 12 to 40 Weeks of Gestation

Placenta

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-148

  de Paula, C F S ^a   Ruano, R ^a   Campos, J A D B ^b   Zugaib, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Placenta; Placental vascularization; Three dimensional power Doppler ultrasonography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249090757     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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