Levels of C-reactive protein in pregnant women who subsequently develop pre-eclampsia

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 297-301

  Savvidou, Makrina D ^a   Lees, Christoph C ^a   Parra, Mauro ^a   Hingorani, Aroon D ^b   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL SERUM; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTERINE ARTERY; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0036513464     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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