Homocysteine serum concentration and uterine artery color Doppler examination in cases of recurrent miscarriages with unexplained etiology

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 502-506

  Sikora, Jerzy ^a   Magnucki, Jacek ^a   Zietek, Jerzy ^a   Kobielska, Lucyna ^a   Partyka, Robert ^a   Kokocinska, Danuta ^a   Białas, Aleksandra ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Congenital hiperhomocysteinemia; Doppler blood flow; Homocysteine; Recurrent miscarriages; Uterine arteries

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANT WOMAN; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 35348883608     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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