Third-trimester abnormal uterine artery doppler findings are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2107-2113

  Shwarzman, Polina ^a   Waintraub, Adi Y ^a   Frieger, Michael ^b   Bashiri, Asher ^a   Mazor, Moshe ^a   Hershkovitz, Reli ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; Perinatal outcomes; Pregnancy; Third trimester; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; OBSTETRICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; PERINATAL OUTCOMES; PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER; UTERINE ARTERY;

PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; ISRAEL; PERINATAL OUTCOMES; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE ARTERY;

DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; PERINATAL OUTCOMES; PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 84890927506     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.12.2107     Document Type: Article

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