Prediction of pre-eclampsia, low birthweight for gestation and prematurity by uterine artery blood flow velocity waveforms analysis in low risk nulliparous women

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 422-429

  Irion, Olivier ^a,b   Massé, Jacques ^a,b   Forest, Jean Claude ^a,b   Moutquin, Jean Marie ^a,b  

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; WAVEFORM;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PARITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 0031862633     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10128.x     Document Type: Article

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