Ultrasound diagnosis of severe thrombotic placental damage in the second trimester: An observational study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 472-476

  Alkazaleh, F ^a,c   Viero, S ^b   Simchen, M ^a   Walker, M ^a   Smith, G ^a   Laskin, C ^b   Windrim, R ^a   Kingdom, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Intrauterine growth restriction; Placental pathology; Thrombophilia; Ultrasound; Umbilical artery Doppler

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELIVERY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL SERUM; PERINATAL DEATH; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEVERE THROMBOTIC PLACENTAL DAMAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY; WAVEFORM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 2442577112     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1044     Document Type: Article

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