Second-trimester uterine artery Doppler and spontaneous preterm delivery

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 435-439

  Cobian Sanchez, F ^a   Prefumo, F ^a   Bhide, A ^a   Thilaganathan, B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Doppler; PPROM; Preterm delivery; Second trimester; Uterine arteries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; ARTERIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 4444367575     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1116     Document Type: Article

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