Reproducibility and repeatability of maternal venous doppler flow measurements in renal interlobar and hepatic veins

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-121

  Mesens, T ^a   Tomsin, K ^b   Molenberghs, G ^c   Gyselaers, W ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b Department of Physiology ^*  (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY VEIN; LETTER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER VEIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER CIRCULATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; RENAL VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77954259290     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7648     Document Type: Letter

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