The value of uterine artery Doppler ultrasound in the prediction of severe complications in a risk population

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-58

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

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler; Risk population; Screening test; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; ARTERIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; 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; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 12944327381     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-004-0648-4     Document Type: Article

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