First-trimester maternal serum levels of placenta growth factor as predictor of preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 608-611

  Ong, Charas Y T ^a   Liao, Adolfo W ^a   Cacho, Ana M ^a   Spencer, Kevin ^b   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAROLD WOOD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST;

EID: 0034813234     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(01)01528-9     Document Type: Article

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