Coelomic fluid leptin concentration in normal first-trimester pregnancies and missed miscarriages

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 406-409

  Makrydimas, G ^a   Vandecruys, H ^b   Sotiriadis, A ^a   Lakasing, L ^b   Spencer, K ^c   Nicolaides, K H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HAROLD WOOD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coelocentesis; Coelomic fluid; Leptin; Miscarriage

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEATH; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL SERUM; MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, MISSED; AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; LEPTIN; OXYGEN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST;

EID: 23944469010     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086821     Document Type: Article

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