Portal and umbilical venous blood supply to the liver in the human fetus near term

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 599-605

  Haugen, G ^a,d   Kiserud, T ^c   Godfrey, K ^b   Crozier, S ^b   Hanson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Ductus venosus; Fetus; Left liver lobe; Liver blood flow; Portal vein; Right liver lobe; Umbilical vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRCULATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LIVER; PORTAL VEIN; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 8844239132     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1744     Document Type: Article

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