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Doppler Ultrasound Investigations of Pelvic Circulation During the Menstrual Cycle and Early Pregnancy

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The First Twelve Weeks of Gestation

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Two-dimensional ultrasonography has become the most common technique for noninvasive investigation of the pelvis of pregnant and nonpregnant women. Continuous and pulsed-wave Doppler ultrasound can add dynamic information about the pelvic circulation which cannot be obtained with imaging alone. The full understanding of Doppler ultrasonography places additional demands on the clinician. In addition to extensive knowledge about both the anatomy and the physiology of the female genital tract, understanding of vascular changes that occur in reproductive life, in pregnancy, or after menopause is now required. The purpose of this chapter is to evaluate the contribution of Doppler ultrasonography to the study of the pelvic circulation during the ovarian and menstrual cycles and in early pregnancy.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Three Cooper Plaza, 08103, Camden, NJ, USA

    E. R. Barnea MD, FACOG

  2. Histopathologic Institute, Institut de Morphologie Pathologique Loverval (I.M.P.L.), Allée des Templiers 41, 6280, Gerpinnes (Loverval), Belgium

    J. Hustin MD, PhD

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Erasme, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

    E. Jauniaux MD

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Jurkovic, D., Jauniaux, E., Campbell, S. (1992). Doppler Ultrasound Investigations of Pelvic Circulation During the Menstrual Cycle and Early Pregnancy. In: Barnea, E.R., Hustin, J., Jauniaux, E. (eds) The First Twelve Weeks of Gestation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84385-3_5

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