Severe early onset pre-eclampsia: Prognostic value of ultrasound and Doppler assessment

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 335-342

  Geerts, L ^a   Odendaal, H J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; UMBILICUS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UTERUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34249860718     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211747     Document Type: Article

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