Pregnancy outcome in the setting of extremely low first trimester papp-a levels

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-262

  Scott, Fergus ^a   Coates, Anne ^a   Mclennan, Andrew ^a  

^a Sydney Ultrasound for Women   (Australia)

Author keywords

Outcome; PAPP A; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DELIVERY; DOWN SYNDROME; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS KARYOTYPING; FETUS WASTAGE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OMPHALOCELE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; BLOOD; CONGENITAL DISORDER; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 70349775253     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01001.x     Document Type: Article

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