Ultrasound bioeffects in rats: Quantification of cellular damage in the fetal liver after pulsed Doppler imaging

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 643-648

  Pellicer, B ^a,b   Herraiz, S ^b,c   Taboas E ^b,c   Felipo, V ^b   Simon, C ^b,c   Pellicer, A ^c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doppler; ductus venous; safety; Wistar rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; LIVER; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79957604930     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8842     Document Type: Article

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