Effects of maternal cigarette smoking on placental volume and vascularization measured by 3-dimensional power Doppler ultrasonography at 11+0 to 13+6 weeks of gestation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 415.e1-415.e5

  Rizzo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Capponi, Alessandra ^a   Pietrolucci, Maria Elena ^b   Arduini, Domenico ^b  

^a Ospedale GB Grassi   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 dimensional ultrasound; maternal smoking; placenta vascularization; placental volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 62549120316     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.10.041     Document Type: Article

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