Second trimester serum free β human chorionic gonadotrophin levels as a predictor of pre-eclampsia

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 381-384

  Luckas, Murray ^a   Hawe, Jeremy ^a   Meekins, Jeremy ^a   Neilson, James ^a   Walkinshaw, Stephen ^a  

^a Liverpool Women's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human chorionic gonadotrophin; Prediction of pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031896923     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1998.770404.x     Document Type: Article

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