European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 147-151 , June 2008

First trimester uterine Doppler and three-dimensional ultrasound placental volume calculation in predicting pre-eclampsia

  • Giuseppe Rizzo

      Affiliations

    • Dept Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Dept Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Ospedale “Fatebenefratelli S. Giovanni Calabita”, Isola Tiberina 89, 00186 Roma, Italy. Tel.: +39 06 68371; fax: +39 06 85865294.
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  • Alessandra Capponi

      Affiliations

    • Dept Obstetrics and Gynecology Ospedale G.B. Grassi Roma, Italy
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  • Ottavia Cavicchioni

      Affiliations

    • Dept Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy
    • ,
  • Marianne Vendola

      Affiliations

    • Dept Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy
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  • Domenico Arduini

      Affiliations

    • Dept Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Received 4 February 2007 ,Revised 20 June 2007 ,Accepted 22 August 2007.

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PII: S0301-2115(07)00364-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.08.015

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 147-151 , June 2008

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