First-trimester uterine artery Doppler and spontaneous preterm delivery

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 146-149

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

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

Author keywords

Doppler; First trimester; Preterm delivery; Trophoblast invasion; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SURVIVAL; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREMATURE BIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 33847334221     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3919     Document Type: Article

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