Comparison of Somatomedin-C (SMC/IGF-I), human placental lactogen and Doppler velocimetry between appropriate and small-for-gestational-age pregnancies

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 20-22

  Stefanidis, K ^a,d   Solomou, E ^b   Mouzakioti, E ^c   Stefos, T ^c   Farmakides, G ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Doppler; Pregnancy; SGA; Somatomedin C (SMC IGF I) hPL

Indexed keywords

HUMAN PLACENTA LACTOGEN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORD SERUM; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PLACENTAL LACTOGEN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RHEOLOGY; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0031872376     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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