Second trimester maternal serum β human chorionic gonadotrophin and pregnancy outome

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 598-600

  Mikic, Taita Stojilkovic ^a   Johnson, Pam ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL BLOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033030136     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08331.x     Document Type: Article

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