First-trimester uterine artery blood flow and birth weight

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-376

  Hollis, B ^a   Prefumo, F ^a   Bhide, A ^a   Rao, S ^a   Thilaganathan, B ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Doppler; First trimester; Notches; Resistance index; Uterine arteries

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIES; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0142010984     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.231     Document Type: Article

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