High placental index and poor pregnancy outcomes: A retrospective study of 18 386 pregnancies

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 666-669

  Londero, Ambrogio P ^a   Bertozzi, Serena ^a   Visentin, Silvia ^b   Fruscalzo, Arrigo ^c   Driul, Lorenza ^a   Marchesoni, Diego ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c ST FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Humans; in vitro fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Placenta; placental index; Pregnancy related hypertensive disorders; Small for gestational age fetus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARITY; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL INDEX; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ADULT; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL WEIGHT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL FUNCTION TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84879316581     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2013.798273     Document Type: Article

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