Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 43-46 , March 2007

Prenatal Diagnosis of Persistent Right Umbilical Vein Using Three-dimensional Sonography with Power Doppler

  • Pei-Yin Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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  • Joung-Liang Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Guang-Perng Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pan-Hsin Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jui-Chang Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Charles Tsung-Che Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Charles Tsung-Che Hsieh, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, 135, Nanhsiao Street, Changhua 500, Taiwan

,Accepted 20 July 2006.

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PII: S1028-4559(08)60105-9

doi: 10.1016/S1028-4559(08)60105-9

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 43-46 , March 2007

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