A cross-sectional study of platelet volume in healthy normotensive women with bilateral uterine artery notches

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 277-281

  Lees, C C ^a   Brown, A S ^b   Harrington, K F ^c   Beacon, H J ^d   Martin, J F ^e   Campbell, S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Platelet volume; Pre eclampsia; Uterine artery notches

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; UTERINE ARTERY;

ARTERIES; BLOOD PLATELETS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 0030696681     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10040277.x     Document Type: Article

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