Updated reference ranges for the ductus venosus pulsatility index at 11-13 weeks

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 271-276

  Sabria, Joan ^a   Comas, Carmina ^b   Barceló Vidal, Carles ^d   Garcia Posada, Raul ^c   Echevarria, Monica ^b   Gomez Roig, Maria Dolors ^a   Borrell, Antoni ^c  

^a HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Ductus venosus; Prenatal screening; Trisomy 21; Ultrasound markers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DUCTUS VENOSUS; DUCTUS VENOSUS PULSATILITY INDEX; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; TRISOMY 21;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PORTAL VEIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; RENAL CIRCULATION; SPAIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 85027946272     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339413     Document Type: Article

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