Normal reference ranges of fetal regional cerebral blood perfusion as measured by fractional moving blood volume

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-201

  Cruz Martinez, R ^a   Figueras, F ^a   Hernandez Andrade, E ^a,b   Benavides Serralde, A ^a,b   Gratacos, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b National Institute of Perinatal Medicine   (Mexico)

Author keywords

basal ganglia; cerebral blood perfusion; fractional moving blood volume; frontal lobe; posterior brain; power Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; BLOOD VOLUME; BLOOD VOLUME DETERMINATION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251591333     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7722     Document Type: Article

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