Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1278-1283 , August 2009

Maternal Hepatic Vein Doppler Velocimetry During Uncomplicated Pregnancy and Pre-Eclampsia

  • Wilfried Gyselaers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, East Limburg Hospital, Genk, Belgium and Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
    • Center for Statistics, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Wilfried Gyselaers, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, B-3600 Genk, Belgium.
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  • Geert Molenberghs

      Affiliations

    • Center for Statistics, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
    • ,
  • Tinne Mesens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, East Limburg Hospital, Genk, Belgium and Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
    • ,
  • Louis Peeters

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 3 December 2008 ,Revised 4 March 2009 ,Accepted 19 March 2009.

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PII: S0301-5629(09)00128-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.03.014

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1278-1283 , August 2009

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