Umbilical artery pulsatility index in early pregnancies with chromosome anomalies

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 330-334

  M Martinez, J ^a   Comas, C ^a   Ojuel, J ^b   Puerto, B ^a   Borrell, A ^a   Fortuny, A ^a  

^a Hospital Clinic   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; TRISOMY; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; POLYPLOIDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TRISOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0029994671     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09737.x     Document Type: Article

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