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Low PAPP‐A: what are the clinical implications?
Author(s) -
Lau Harmonie,
Amarasekara Chaminda,
Uppal Talat
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2205-0140
pISSN - 1836-6864
DOI - 10.1002/j.2205-0140.2012.tb00139.x
Subject(s) - medicine , placentation , umbilical artery , obstetrics , fetus , ultrasound , pregnancy , radiology , placenta , genetics , biology
Ultrasound and pulsed Doppler can assist in confirming impaired placentation looking at fetal biometry and umbilical artery Dopplers. The authors recommend confirmation of fetal wellbeing at 28–30 weeks with a PAPP‐A level below the first centile.