Doppler evaluation of maternal and fetal vessels during normal gestation in rabbits

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 358-366

  Polisca, A ^a   Scotti, L ^a   Orlandi, R ^a   Brecchia, G ^b   Boiti, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Fetal vessels; Maternal vessels; Pregnancy; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAVA VEIN; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HEMODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PULSATILE FLOW; RABBIT; REFERENCE VALUE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; RABBITS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENAE CAVAE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SWINEPOX VIRUS (STRAIN KASZA);

EID: 72449140710     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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