Pre-eclamptic toxaemia: The role of uterine artery Doppler

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 379-382

  Chappell, Lucy ^a   Bewley, Susan ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TOXEMIA; UTERINE ARTERY;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 0031809471     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10118.x     Document Type: Note

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