Beyond the placental bed: Placental and systemic determinants of the uterine artery Doppler waveform

Placenta

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 893-901

  Everett, T R ^a   Lees, C C ^a,b  

^a Rosie Maternity Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Placenta; Ultrasound; Uterine artery Doppler

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALARIA; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; UTERINE ARTERY;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 84868150314     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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