Longitudinal reference ranges for umbilical vein blood flow at a free loop of the umbilical cord

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 567-572

  Flo, K ^a   Wilsgaard, T ^a   Acharya, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Doppler; placental circulation; umbilical vein; volume blood flow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UMBILICAL VEIN;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 78349270225     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7730     Document Type: Article

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