Combining mid-trimester maternal plasma homocysteine with uterine artery doppler velocimetry: Is it useful?

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 275, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 439-443

  Guven, Melih A ^a,c   Ertas, Ibrahim Egemen ^b   Kilinc, Metin ^a   Coskun, Ayhan ^a   Ekerbicer, Hasan ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ZEKAI TAHIR BURAK WOMEN S HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Doppler; Homocysteine; Mid trimester; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MATERNAL PLASMA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEOLOGY; UTERUS;

EID: 34249102595     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0281-5     Document Type: Article

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