Aspirin for the prevention of preeclampsia in women with abnormal uterine artery doppler: A meta-analysis

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 861-866

  Coomarasamy, Aravinthan ^a   Papaioannou, Spyros ^a   Gee, Harry ^a   Khan, Khalid Saeed ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE ARTERY;

ASPIRIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 0034762659     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(01)01569-1     Document Type: Review

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