Fetal superior mesenteric artery: Longitudinal reference ranges and evidence of regulatory link to portal liver circulation

Early Human Development

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 207-213

  Ebbing, Cathrine ^a,b   Rasmussen, Svein ^a,b   Godfrey, Keith M ^c   Hanson, Mark A ^c   Kiserud, Torvid ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler; Fetus; Hemodynamics; Reference ranges; Superior mesenteric artery

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LIVER; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 61849165131     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2008.09.412     Document Type: Article

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