Placental Morphologic and Functional Imaging in High-Risk Pregnancies

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 270-280

  Gudmundsson, Saemundur ^a   Dubiel, Mariusz ^b   Sladkevicius, Povilas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Doppler; imaging; MRI; placenta; pregnancy; review; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 67650588667     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2009.04.005     Document Type: Review

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