Relationship between maternal serum vascular endothelial growth factor concentration in early pregnancy and fetal and placental growth

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1619-1623

  Wheeler, T ^a   Evans, P W ^a   Anthony, F W ^a   Godfrcy, K M ^a   Howe, D T ^a   Osmond, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Placental volume; VEGF

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD LEVEL; CAUCASIAN; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032990227     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.6.1619     Document Type: Article

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