Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 12 , Pages 1034-1040 , December 2008

Screening for Placental Insufficiency in High-risk Pregnancies: Is Earlier Better?

  • S.L. Costa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • L. Proctor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • J.M. Dodd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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  • M. Toal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • N. Okun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • J.-A. Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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  • R. Windrim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • J.C.P. Kingdom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Medical Imaging, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada. Tel.: +1 416 586 8764; fax: +1 416 586 8565.

,Accepted 5 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.09.004

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 12 , Pages 1034-1040 , December 2008

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