Effects of Diagnostic Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound on Permeability of Placental Barrier: A Primary Study

Placenta

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 780-784

  Hua, X ^a   Zhu, L P ^a   Li, R ^a   Zhong, H ^a   Xue, Y F ^a   Chen, Z H ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Microbubbles; Placental barrier

Indexed keywords

EVANS BLUE; LANTHANUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EVANS BLUE; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FEMALE; FETUS; LANTHANOID SERIES ELEMENTS; LANTHANUM; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICROBUBBLES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TROPHOBLASTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 69749095156     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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