Transvaginal doppler ultrasound of the uteroplacental circulation in the early prediction of pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth retardation

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 674-681

  Harrington, K ^a   Carpenter, R G ^c   Goldfrad, C ^c   Campbell, S ^b  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VAGINA;

EID: 0030979862     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11977.x     Document Type: Article

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