Role of uterine artery Doppler velocimetry indices and plasma adrenomedullin level in women with unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-57

  El mashad, Ashraf I ^a   Mohamed, Mohamed A ^a   Elahadi Farag, Mohamed A ^a   Ahmad, Mohsen K ^a   Ismail, Yaser ^a  

^a BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss; Uterine artery Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT ABORTION; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY PULSATILITY INDEX;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADRENOMEDULLIN; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS;

EID: 78651244725     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2010.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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