Cross-sectional and longitudinal evaluation of uterine artery Doppler velocimetry for the prediction of pre-eclampsia in normotensive women with specific risk factors

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 160-165

  Parretti, E ^a   Mealli, F ^a   Magrini, A ^a   Cioni, R ^a   Mecacci, F ^a   La Torre, P ^a   Periti, E ^a   Scarselli, G ^a   Mello, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color Doppler imaging; Pre eclampsia; Uterine arteries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0042591318     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.194     Document Type: Article

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