Uterine artery Doppler velocimetry during mid-second trimester to predict complications of pregnancy based on unilateral or bilateral abnormalities

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 652-657

  Park, Yong Won ^a   Lim, Jong Chul ^a   Kim, Young Han ^a   Kwon, Han Sung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arteries; Color doppler ultrasonography; Pregnancy outcome; Pregnancy trimester; Second; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KOREA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PLACENTA LOCALIZATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 29144443627     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: 05135796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2005.46.5.652     Document Type: Article

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