Redistribution pattern of fetal liver circulation in intrauterine growth restriction

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1118-1123

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

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Birth Registry   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circulation; Fetal liver; Growth restriction; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS LIVER; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ARTERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PULSATILLA; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350662013     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340903214924     Document Type: Article

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