First trimester maternal serum placental growth factor levels in twin pregnancies

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1260-1263

  Cowans, Nicholas J ^a   Spencer, Kevin ^a  

^a KING GEORGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHORIONIC TWIN; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; MONOCHORIONIC TWIN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84889677989     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.4243     Document Type: Article

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