First-trimester placental volume and vascularization measured by 3-dimensional power Doppler sonography in pregnancies with low serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein A levels

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1615-1622

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

^a Fetal Medicine Center   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c GB Grassi Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 Dimensional sonography; Intrauterine growth restriction; Maternal serum pregnancy associated plasma protein A; Placenta vascularization; Placental volume

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; PROTEINS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

3-DIMENSIONAL SONOGRAPHY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION; PLACENTAL VOLUME; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; VASCULARIZATION;

OBSTETRICS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 74749096201     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.12.1615     Document Type: Article

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