title: Umbilical artery Doppler velocimetry waveform abnormality in fetal gastroschisis.
abstract: Two cases of notching in the umbilical artery Doppler waveform in a pregnancy with gastroschisis are reported. The etiology of the abnormal Doppler pattern in relation to the displacement of the fetal stomach in this congenital abnormality is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk.
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: A Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Abuhamad
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014469:Umbilical Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*