Serum pentraxin-3 levels at 11 to 14 weeks' gestation: association with maternal and placental characteristics

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298.e1-298.e6

  Baschat, Ahmet A ^a   Kasdaglis, Tania L ^a   Aberdeen, Graham W ^a   Turan, Ozhan M ^a   Kopelman, Jerome L ^a   Atlas, Robert ^a   Jenkins, Chuka ^b   Blitzer, Miriam ^a   Harman, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

fetal Doppler; maternal Doppler; pentraxin 3; placenta

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAFFEINE; PENTRAXIN 3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PARITY; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SMOKING;

EID: 69349103853     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.05.039     Document Type: Article

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