Low maternal PAPP-A is associated with small-for-gestational age newborns and stillbirths

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1226-1228

  Marttala, Jaana ^a   Peuhkurinen, Sini ^a   Laitinen, Paivi ^a   Gissler, Mika ^b   Nieminen, Pentti ^c   Ryynanen, Markku ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome screening; PAPP A; Small for gestational age; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

(1 BUTYLAMINO 3 METHYLBUTYL)(1 PYRROLIDINYL) KETONE; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROL GROUP; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN PERIOD; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING; STILLBIRTH; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SERUM; MATERNAL SMOKING; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANT WOMAN;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 77956338057     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349.2010.493195     Document Type: Article

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