Temporal effects of maternal and pregnancy characteristics on serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A and free β-human chorionic gonadotropin at 7-14 weeks' gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-39

  Ball, S ^a   Ekelund, C ^b   Wright, D ^a   Kirkegaard, I ^c   Norgaard P ^d   Petersen, O B ^c   Tabor, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

first trimester screening; free human chorionic gonadotropin; gestational age; pregnancy characteristics; pregnancy associated plasma protein A

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TIME;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871609034     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.11209     Document Type: Article

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