Uterine artery Doppler velocimetry at 11-14 weeks in singleton pregnancies conceived by assisted reproductive technology

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-145

  Prefumo, F ^a,b   Fratelli, N ^a   Soares, S C ^a   Thilaganathan, B ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Doppler; First trimester; Uterine arteries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; TROPHOBLASTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 33847256330     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3842     Document Type: Article

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