Uterine artery Doppler screening for pre-eclampsia: Comparison of the lower, mean and higher first-trimester pulsatility indices

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 534-537

  Napolitano, R ^a   Rajakulasingam, R ^a   Memmo, A ^a   Bhide, A ^a   Thilaganathan, B ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

first trimester; lower pulsatility index; pre eclampsia; uterine artery Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 79955381688     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8848     Document Type: Article

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