Establishing reference values for mean notch depth index, pulsatility index and resistance index in the uterine artery at 16-23 weeks' gestation

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1275-1285

  Takahashi, Kayo ^a   Ohkuchi, Akihide ^a   Hirashima, Chikako ^a   Matsubara, Shigeki ^a   Suzuki, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early onset pre eclampsia; Notch depth index; Prediction; Uterine artery Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN NOTCH DEPTH INDEX; MEAN PULSATILITY INDEX; MEAN RESISTANCE INDEX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREECLAMPSIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84869166696     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2012.01864.x     Document Type: Article

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