Histomorphometric characteristics of first trimester chorionic villi in pregnancies with low serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A levels: Relationship with placental three-dimensional power doppler ultrasonographic vascularization

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-257

  Rizzo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Silvestri, Evelina ^c   Capponi, Alessandra ^a,d   Servadei, Francesca ^b   Pietrolucci, Maria Elena ^b   Capece, Antonio ^b   Pisa, Roberto ^c   Arduini, Domenico ^b  

^a Fetal Medicine Center   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Ospedale GB Grassi   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D power Doppler ultrasound; IUGR; maternal serum PAPP A; placental vascularization

Indexed keywords

PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW INDEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATERNAL SERUM; MORPHOMETRICS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA LOCALIZATION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION FLOW INDEX; VASCULARIZATION INDEX;

CHORIONIC VILLI; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78651466190     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.482627     Document Type: Article

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