Placental blood flow measured by three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound at 26 to 35 weeks gestation in normal pregnancies

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-73

  Filho, Hlio Antonio Guimarães ^a,b   Júnior, Edward Araujo ^a   Mattar, Rosiane ^a   Da Costa, Lavoisier Linhares Dias ^b   Júnior, Carlos Fernando De Mello ^b   Nardozza, Luciano Marcondes MacHado ^a   Moron, Antonio Fernandes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CETRIM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Placenta; Three dimensional ultrasound; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOMOGRAM; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 73849101546     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903121431     Document Type: Article

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