Doppler ultrasound of the uterine artery in the prediction of severe complications during low-risk pregnancies

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-52

  Schwarze, A ^a   Nelles, I ^b   Krapp, M ^a   Friedrich, M ^a   Schmidt, W ^b   Diedrich, K ^a   Axt Fliedner, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler; High risk pregnancies; Screening test; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; UTERINE ARTERY;

ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERUS;

EID: 12944302598     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-004-0646-6     Document Type: Article

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