Non-invasive detection of alterations of the carotid artery in pregnant women with high-frequency ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 260-262

  Sator, M O ^a   Joura, E A ^b   Gruber, D M ^b   Obruca, A ^b   Zeisler, H ^b   Egarter, C ^b   Huber, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carotid artery; High frequency ultrasound; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033066396     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.13040260.x     Document Type: Article

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