Combination of uterine artery Doppler velocimetry and maternal serum placental growth factor estimation in predicting occurrence of pre-eclampsia in early second trimester pregnancy: A prospective cohort study

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 144-151

  Ghosh, Sanjib Kumar ^a   Raheja, Shashi ^a   Tuli, Anita ^a   Raghunandan, Chitra ^a   Agarwal, Sneh ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Logistic regression analysis; Odds ratio; Placental growth factor (PlGF); Pre eclampsia; Uterine artery Doppler velocimetry (UADV)

Indexed keywords

PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PARITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; RACE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 84858449863     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2011.12.031     Document Type: Article

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