Association of First-trimester Placental Thickness by Ultrasound and the Risk of Preeclampsia or Small Gestational Age
Sara Ibrahim Alkafrawy,
Abdelrahman Ali Hassan Emam,
Mahmoud Farouk Midan
Abstract:Introduction and aim: Placenta play a crucial role in normal fetal development. Any deviation from normal could firstly affect placenta and subsequently represented on the fetus. Thus, different placental measurements could be used as predictors for complicated pregnancy. The current work was designed to examine the potential association between maximum placental thickness in the first-trimester and the subsequent risk of preeclampsia or the risk of the delivery of small for gestational age neonate
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