2D-ultrasound and endocrinologic evaluation of placentation in early pregnancy and its relationship to fetal birthweight in normal pregnancies and pre-eclampsia

Placenta

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 745-750

  Suri, S ^a   Muttukrishna, S ^b   Jauniaux, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Placenta; Placental hormones; Placental volume; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; INHIBIN A; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A;

ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THICKNESS;

PLACENTA; PLACENTAL HORMONES; PLACENTAL VOLUME; PRE-ECLAMPSIA;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INHIBINS; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84881480528     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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