Neonatal colour Doppler ultrasound study: Normal values of abdominal blood flow velocities in the neonate during the first month of life

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 328-335

  Papacci, Patrizia ^a   Giannantonio, Carmen ^a   Cota, Francesco ^a   Latella, Caterina ^b   Semeraro, Carla Maria ^a   Fioretti, Maria ^a   Tesfagabir, Mikael Ghennet ^a   Romagnoli, Costantino ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Cristo Re Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coeliac trunk; Flow velocity; Neonate; Superior mesenteric artery; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CELIAC ARTERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SYSTOLE;

ABDOMEN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CELIAC ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 62149137730     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-1112-6     Document Type: Article

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