Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 756-763 , September 2010

First trimester placental and myometrial blood perfusion measured by 3D power Doppler in normal and unfavourable outcome pregnancies

  • E. Hafner

      Affiliations

    • Department OB Gyn, Geburtshilfliche Abteilung Donauspital am SMZ-Ost, Langobardenstraße 122, A–1220 Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • M. Metzenbauer

      Affiliations

    • Department OB Gyn, Geburtshilfliche Abteilung Donauspital am SMZ-Ost, Langobardenstraße 122, A–1220 Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • I. Stümpflen

      Affiliations

    • Department OB Gyn, Geburtshilfliche Abteilung Donauspital am SMZ-Ost, Langobardenstraße 122, A–1220 Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • T. Waldhör

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Epidemiology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • K. Philipp

      Affiliations

    • Department OB Gyn, Geburtshilfliche Abteilung Donauspital am SMZ-Ost, Langobardenstraße 122, A–1220 Vienna, Austria

,Accepted 17 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.06.011

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 756-763 , September 2010

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