Ultrasonic evidence of placental calcification at 36 weeks' gestation: Maternal and fetal outcomes

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-10

  McKenna, Daniel ^a,b   Tharmaratnam, Suresh ^a   Mahsud, Samina ^a   Dornan, James ^a  

^a ROYAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcification; Outcomes; Placenta; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA CALCIFICATION; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PLACENTA DISEASES; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 13144283645     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2005.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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