Low-resistance hepatic artery flow in first-trimester fetuses: An ominous sign

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 438-443

  Bilardo, C M ^a,b   Timmerman, E ^b   Robles De Medina, P G ^b   Clur, S A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d Center for Congenital Heart Defects Amsterdam Leiden (CAHAL)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

fetal outcome; first trimester; genetic syndromes; hepatic artery; nuchal translucency

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANEUPLOIDY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 79953146066     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7766     Document Type: Article

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