Assessing the sensitivity of placental growth factor and soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 at 36 weeks' gestation to predict small-for-gestational-age infants or late-onset preeclampsia: a prospective nested case-control study

• Main Authors: Teresa M. MacDonald (Author), Chuong Tran (Author), Tu'uhevaha J. Kaitu'u-Lino (Author), Shaun P. Brennecke (Author), Richard J. Hiscock (Author), Lisa Hui (Author), Kirsten M. Dane (Author), Anna L. Middleton (Author), Ping Cannon (Author), Susan P. Walker (Author), Stephen Tong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Fetal growth restriction is a disorder of placental dysfunction with three to four-fold increased risk of stillbirth. Fetal growth restriction has pathophysiological features in common with preeclampsia. We hypothesised that angiogenesis-related factors in maternal plasma, known...