First-trimester uterine artery Doppler and adverse pregnancy outcome: A meta-analysis involving 55 974 women

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 500-507

  Velauthar, L ^a,b   Plana, M N ^c   Kalidindi, M ^b   Zamora, J ^c   Thilaganathan, B ^d   Illanes, S E ^e   Khan, K S ^a,b   Aquilina, J ^b   Thangaratinam, S ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

fetal growth restriction; first trimester; pre eclampsia; uterine artery Doppler

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS;

EID: 84899992101     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13275     Document Type: Article

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