Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 391-397 , May 2009

Placental Vascular Sonobiopsy Using Three-dimensional Power Doppler Ultrasound in Normal and Growth Restricted Fetuses

  • J. Noguchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, Kagawa University School of Medicine, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan
    • Department of Nursing, Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences, 281-1 Murecho-hara, Takamatsu, Kagawa 761-0123, Japan
    • ,
  • K. Hata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences, 281-1 Murecho-hara, Takamatsu, Kagawa 761-0123, Japan
    • ,
  • H. Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, Kagawa University School of Medicine, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan
    • ,
  • T. Hata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, Kagawa University School of Medicine, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 (0)87 891 2174; fax: +81 (0)87 891 2175.

,Accepted 23 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.02.010

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 391-397 , May 2009

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