First-trimester Doppler investigation of the uterine circulation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1210-1218

  Detti, Laura ^a   Johnson, Samuel C ^b   Diamond, Michael P ^a   Puscheck, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a Division of Reproductive Endocrinology   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Doppler ultrasonography; First trimester; Placenta; Pregnancy; Review; Uterine circulation

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MISOPROSTOL;

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA DISORDER; POSTNATAL CARE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; PLACENTATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERUS;

EID: 33750377038     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.12.047     Document Type: Review

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