A comparison of the uterine and intraovarian arterial flows in nonpregnant women having a history of recurrent spontaneous miscarriage associated with antiphospholipid syndrome

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 74-78

  Jirous, Jiri ^a   Diejomaoh, Michael E ^a,b   Al Abdulhadi, Fahed ^a   Boland, Masooma H ^a   Nazar, Maqsood ^b  

^a AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Color Doppler; Miscarriage; Ovarian artery; Recurrent; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUTEAL PHASE; OVARY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 4444376069     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-003-0510-0     Document Type: Article

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