Role of second-trimester uterine artery doppler in assessing stillbirth risk

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 256-261

  Singh, Tulika ^a   Leslie, Karin ^a   Bhide, Amar ^a   D'Antonio, Francesco ^a   Thilaganathan, Basky ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMOKING; STILLBIRTH; UTERINE ARTERY;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; PLACENTA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SMOKING; STILLBIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 84856475034     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318242ad81     Document Type: Article

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