American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 4 , Pages 415.e1-415.e5 , April 2009

Effects of maternal cigarette smoking on placental volume and vascularization measured by 3-dimensional power Doppler ultrasonography at 11+0 to 13+6 weeks of gestation

  • Giuseppe Rizzo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Fetal Medicine Center Genoma, Ospedale G. B. Grassi, Rome, Italy
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Ospedale G. B. Grassi, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Giuseppe Rizzo, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata,” Ospedale “Fatebenefratelli S. Giovanni Calabita,” Isola Tiberina 89, 00186 Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Alessandra Capponi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ospedale G. B. Grassi, Rome, Italy
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  • Maria Elena Pietrolucci, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Ospedale G. B. Grassi, Rome, Italy
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  • Domenico Arduini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Ospedale G. B. Grassi, Rome, Italy

Received 6 July 2008 ,Revised 24 August 2008 ,Accepted 7 October 2008.

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 Cite this article as: Rizzo G, Capponi A, Pietrolucci ME, Arduini D. Effects of maternal cigarette smoking on placental volume and vascularization measured by 3-dimensional power Doppler ultrasonography at 11+0 to 13+6 weeks of gestation. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;200:415.e1-415.e5.

PII: S0002-9378(08)02053-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.10.041

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 4 , Pages 415.e1-415.e5 , April 2009

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