Midluteal phase Doppler assessment of uterine artery blood flow in nonpregnant women having a history of recurrent spontaneous abortions: correlation to different etiologies

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1383-1387

  Lazzarin, Natalia ^a,b   Vaquero, Elena ^a,b   Exacoustos, Caterina ^a   Romanini, Elisabetta ^a   Amadio, Annalisa ^a   Arduini, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

color Doppler; pulsatility index; recurrent spontaneous abortion; Uterine artery blood flow

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THROMBOPHILIA; THYROID DISEASE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERUS;

EID: 34249699094     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.049     Document Type: Article

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