Fractional volume of placental vessels in women with diabetes using a novel stereological 3D power Doppler technique

Placenta

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1002-1008

  Jones, N W ^a,b   Deshpande, R ^a,b   Mousa, H A ^c   Mansell, P ^a,b   Raine Fenning, N ^b   Bugg, G ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Diabetes; Placenta; Power Doppler; Stereology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STEREOLOGY; STEREOMETRY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD FLOW; DIABETES; PLACENTA; POWER DOPPLER; STEREOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84886593214     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2013.08.015     Document Type: Article

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