Umbilical vein blood flow at 11+0 to 13+6 weeks of gestation

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-319

  Rizzo, Giuseppe ^a   Capponi, Alessandra ^b   Elena Pietrolucci, Maria ^a   Arduini, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale GB Grassi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Early gestation; Placenta; Umbilical vein blood flow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 77949447454     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903121464     Document Type: Article

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