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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103216

ESTIMATION OF UTERINE BLOOD FLOW IN NORMAL HUMAN PREGNANCY AT TERM

James Metcalfe, Seymour L. Romney, Lloyd H. Ramsey, Duncan E. Reid, and C. Sidney Burwell

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and the Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Obstetrics, Harvard Medical School, and the Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Mass.

2

This work was done during the tenure of an Established Investigatorship of the American Heart Association.

3

This work was done during the tenure of an Investigatorship of the United States Public Health Service.

4

Formerly, Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

1

Aided by grants from the United States Public Health Service, Cardiovascular Study Section, the Higgins Fund through Harvard University, and the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation.

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Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and the Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Obstetrics, Harvard Medical School, and the Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Mass.

2

This work was done during the tenure of an Established Investigatorship of the American Heart Association.

3

This work was done during the tenure of an Investigatorship of the United States Public Health Service.

4

Formerly, Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

1

Aided by grants from the United States Public Health Service, Cardiovascular Study Section, the Higgins Fund through Harvard University, and the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation.

Find articles by Romney, S. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and the Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Obstetrics, Harvard Medical School, and the Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Mass.

2

This work was done during the tenure of an Established Investigatorship of the American Heart Association.

3

This work was done during the tenure of an Investigatorship of the United States Public Health Service.

4

Formerly, Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

1

Aided by grants from the United States Public Health Service, Cardiovascular Study Section, the Higgins Fund through Harvard University, and the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation.

Find articles by Ramsey, L. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and the Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Obstetrics, Harvard Medical School, and the Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Mass.

2

This work was done during the tenure of an Established Investigatorship of the American Heart Association.

3

This work was done during the tenure of an Investigatorship of the United States Public Health Service.

4

Formerly, Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

1

Aided by grants from the United States Public Health Service, Cardiovascular Study Section, the Higgins Fund through Harvard University, and the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation.

Find articles by Reid, D. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and the Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Obstetrics, Harvard Medical School, and the Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Mass.

2

This work was done during the tenure of an Established Investigatorship of the American Heart Association.

3

This work was done during the tenure of an Investigatorship of the United States Public Health Service.

4

Formerly, Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

1

Aided by grants from the United States Public Health Service, Cardiovascular Study Section, the Higgins Fund through Harvard University, and the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation.

Find articles by Burwell, C. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Published November 1, 1955 - More info

Published in Volume 34, Issue 11 on November 1, 1955
J Clin Invest. 1955;34(11):1632–1638. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103216.
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