Uterine artery Doppler velocimetry for the detection of adverse obstetric outcomes in patients with elevated mid-trimester β-human chorionic gonadotrophin

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 743-747

  Barkehall Thomas, Andrea ^a,b   Wilson, Catherine ^a   Baker, Lesleigh ^a   Bhuinneain, Meabh Ni ^a   Wallace, Euan M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fetal growth restriction; hCG; Preeclampsia; Screening; Uterine artery Doppler

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; BIRTH WEIGHT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 22844432378     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2005.00798.x     Document Type: Review

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