Research publications
2008

  1. Akolekar R, Zaragoza E, Poon LC, Pepes S, Nicolaides KH.
    Maternal serum placental growth factor at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks of gestation in the prediction of pre-eclampsia.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:732-739 pdf
  2. Bamfo JE, Kametas NA, Chambers JB, Nicolaides KH.
    Maternal cardiac function in normotensive and pre-eclamptic intrauterine growth restriction.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:682-6 pdf
  3. Borenstein M, Cavoretto P, Allan L, Huggon I, Nicolaides KH.
    Aberrant right subclavian artery at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks of gestation in chromosomally normal and abnormal fetuses.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;31:20-4 pdf
  4. Borenstein M, Persico N, Kagan KO, Gazzoni A, Nicolaides KH.
    Frontomaxillary facial angle in screening for trisomy 21 at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:5-11 pdf
  5. Cavoretto P, Molina F, Poggi S, Davenport M, Nicolaides KH.
    Prenatal diagnosis and outcome of echogenic fetal lung lesions.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:769-783 pdf
  6. Celik E, To M, Gajewska K, Smith GC, Nicolaides KH; Fetal Medicine Foundation Second Trimester Screening Group.
    Cervical length and obstetric history predict spontaneous preterm birth: development and validation of a model to provide individualized risk assessment.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;31:549-54 pdf
  7. Crispi F, Hernandez-Andrade E, Pelsers MM, Plasencia W, Benavides-Serralde JA, Eixarch E, Le Noble F, Ahmed A, Glatz JF, Nicolaides KH, Gratacos E.
    Cardiac dysfunction and cell damage across clinical stages of severity in growth-restricted fetuses.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;199:254.1-8
  8. Dagklis T, Plasencia W, Maiz N, Duarte L, Nicolaides KH.
    Choroid plexus cyst, intracardiac echogenic focus, hyperechogenic bowel and hydronephrosis in screening for trisomy 21 at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;31:132-5 pdf
  9. De Paco C, Kametas N, Rencoret G, Strobl I, Nicolaides KH.
    Maternal cardiac output between 11 and 13 weeks of gestation in the prediction of preeclampsia and small for gestational age.
    Obstet Gynecol 2008;111:292-300
  10. Doné E, Gucciardo L, Van Mieghem T, Jani J, Cannie M, Van Schoubroeck D, Devlieger R, Catte LD, Klaritsch P, Mayer S, Beck V, Debeer A, Gratacos E, Nicolaides K, Deprest J.
    Prenatal diagnosis, prediction of outcome and in utero therapy of isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
    Prenat Diagn 2008;28:581-91 pdf
  11. Gucciardo L, Deprest J, Done' E, Van Mieghem T, Van de Velde M, Gratacos E, Jani J, Peralta F, Nicolaides K.
    Prediction of outcome in isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia and its consequences for fetal therapy.
    Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2008;22:123-38
  12. Jani J, Nicolaides KH, Benachi A, Moreno O, Favre R, Gratacos E, Deprest J.
    Timing of lung size assessment in the prediction of survival in fetuses with diaphragmatic hernia.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;31:37-40 pdf
  13. Jani J, Cannie M, Sonigo P, Robert Y, Moreno O, Benachi A, Vaast P, Gratacos E, Nicolaides KH, Deprest J.
    Value of prenatal magnetic resonance imaging in the prediction of postnatal outcome in fetuses with diaphragmatic hernia.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:793-799 pdf
  14. Kagan KO, Wright D, Valencia C, Maiz N, Nicolaides KH.
    Screening for trisomies 21, 18 and 13 by maternal age, fetal nuchal translucency, fetal heart rate, free beta-hCG and pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A.
    Hum Reprod 2008;23:1968-75 pdf
  15. Kagan KO, Wright D, Baker A, Sahota D, Nicolaides KH.
    Screening for trisomy 21 by maternal age, fetal nuchal translucency thickness, free beta-human chorionic gonadotropin and pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;31:618-24 pdf
  16. Kagan KO, Wright D, Spencer K, Molina FS, Nicolaides KH.
    First-trimester screening for trisomy 21 by free beta-human chorionic gonadotropin and pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A: impact of maternal and pregnancy characteristics.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;31:493-50 pdf
  17. Kagan KO, Wright D, Maiz N, Pandeva I, Nicolaides KH.
    Screening for trisomy 18 by maternal age, fetal nuchal translucency, free beta-human chorionic gonadotropin and pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:488-92 pdf
  18. Kagan KO, Anderson JM, Anwandter G, Nekrasova K, Nicolaides KH.
    Screening for triploidy by the risk algorithms for trisomies 21, 18 and 13 at 11 weeks to 13 weeks and 6 days of gestation.
    Prenat Diagn 2008;28:1209-13 pdf
  19. Khaw A, Kametas NA, Turan OM, Bamfo JE, Nicolaides KH.
    Maternal cardiac function and uterine artery Doppler at 11-14 weeks in the prediction of pre-eclampsia in nulliparous women.
    BJOG 2008;115:369-76
  20. Macedo ML, Luminoso D, Savvidou MD, McEniery CM, Nicolaides KH.
    Maternal wave reflections and arterial stiffness in normal pregnancy as assessed by applanation tonometry.
    Hypertension 2008;51:1047-51
  21. Maiz N, Plasencia W, Dagklis T, Faros E, Nicolaides K.
    Ductus venosus Doppler in fetuses with cardiac defects and increased nuchal translucency thickness.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;31:256-60 pdf
  22. Maiz N, Kagan KO, Milovanovic Z, Celik E, Nicolaides KH.
    Learning curve for Doppler assessment of ductus venosus flow at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks' gestation.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;31:503-6 pdf
  23. Maiz N, Valencia C, Emmanuel EE, Staboulidou I, Nicolaides KH.
    Screening for adverse pregnancy outcome by ductus venosus Doppler at 11-13+6 weeks of gestation.
    Obstet Gynecol 2008;112:598-605
  24. Makrydimas G, Sotiriadis A, Savvidou MD, Spencer K, Nicolaides KH.
    Physiological distribution of placental growth factor and soluble Flt-1 in early pregnancy.
    Prenat Diagn 2008;28:175-9 pdf
  25. Makrydimas G, Gerovassili A, Sotiriadis A, Kavvadias A, Nicolaides KH.
    Cell-free fetal DNA in celomic fluid.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:594-5 pdf
  26. Manogura AC, Turan O, Kush ML, Berg C, Bhide A, Turan S, Moyano D, Bower S, Nicolaides KH, Galan HL, Müller T, Thilaganathan B, Gembruch U, Harman CR, Baschat AA.
    Predictors of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm growth-restricted neonates.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;198:638.1-5.
  27. Molina FS, Nicolaides KH, Carvalho JS.
    Two and three-dimensional imaging of coarctation shelf in the human fetus.
    Heart 2008;94:584
  28. Molina F, Persico N, Borenstein M, Sonek J, Nicolaides KH.
    Frontomaxillary facial angle in trisomy 21 fetuses at 16-24 weeks of gestation.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;31:384-7 pdf
  29. Molina FS, Faro C, Sotiriadis A, Dagklis T, Nicolaides KH.
    Heart stroke volume and cardiac output by four-dimensional ultrasound in normal fetuses.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:181-7 pdf
  30. Onwudiwe N, Yu CK, Poon LC, Spiliopoulos I, Nicolaides KH.
    Prediction of pre-eclampsia by a combination of maternal history, uterine artery Doppler and mean arterial pressure.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:877-83 pdf
  31. Papageorghiou AT, Bakoulas V, Sebire NJ, Nicolaides KH.
    Intrauterine growth in multiple pregnancies in relation to fetal number, chorionicity and gestational age.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:890-3 pdf
  32. Peralta CF, Jani JC, Van Schoubroeck D, Nicolaides KH, Deprest JA.
    Fetal lung volume after endoscopic tracheal occlusion in the prediction of postnatal outcome.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;198:60.1-5
  33. Persico N, Borenstein M, Molina F, Azumendi G, Nicolaides KH.
    Prenasal thickness in trisomy-21 fetuses at 16-24 weeks of gestation.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:751-4 pdf
  34. Plasencia W, Maiz N, Poon L, Yu C, Nicolaides KH.
    Uterine artery Doppler at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks and 21 + 0 to 24 + 6 weeks in the prediction of pre-eclampsia.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:138-46 pdf
  35. Poon LC, Kametas NA, Pandeva I, Valencia C, Nicolaides KH.
    Mean arterial pressure at 11+0 to 13+6 weeks in the prediction of preeclampsia.
    Hypertension 2008;51:1027-33
  36. Poon LC, Kametas N, Strobl I, Pachoumi C, Nicolaides KH.
    Inter-arm blood pressure differences in pregnant women.
    BJOG 2008;115:1122-30
  37. Poon LC, Kametas N, Valencia CM, Pandeva IV, Nicolaides KH.
    Blood pressure levels correlate with intra-individual variability using an automated device in early pregnancy.
    J Hum Hypertens 2008;22:438-40
  38. Poon LC, Kametas N, Bonino S, Vercellotti E, Nicolaides KH.
    Urine albumin concentration and albumin-to-creatinine ratio at 11(+0) to 13(+6) weeks in the prediction of pre-eclampsia.
    BJOG 2008;115:866-73
  39. Poon LC, Zaragoza E, Akolekar R, Anagnostopoulos E, Nicolaides KH.
    Maternal serum placental growth factor (PlGF) in small for gestational age pregnancy at 11(+0) to 13(+6) weeks of gestation.
    Prenat Diagn 2008;28:1110-5 pdf
  40. Poon LC, Chelemen T, Granvillano O, Pandeva I, Nicolaides KH.
    First-trimester maternal serum a disintegrin and metalloprotease 12 (ADAM12) and adverse pregnancy outcome.
    Obstet Gynecol 2008;112:1082-90
  41. Rao A, Celik E, Poggi S, Poon L, Nicolaides KH; Fetal Medicine Foundation Prolonged Pregnancy Group.
    Cervical length and maternal factors in expectantly managed prolonged pregnancy: prediction of onset of labor and mode of delivery.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:646-51 pdf
  42. Sahota DS, Kagan KO, Lau TK, Leung TY, Nicolaides KH.
    Customized birth weight: coefficients and validation of models in a UK population.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:884-9 pdf
  43. Savvidou MD, Xiao Q, Kaihura C, Anderson JM, Nicolaides KH.
    Maternal circulating endothelial progenitor cells in normal singleton and twin pregnancy.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;198:414.1-5
  44. Savvidou MD, Sotiriadis A, Kaihura C, Nicolaides KH, Sattar N.
    Circulating levels of adiponectin and leptin at 23-25 weeks of pregnancy in women with impaired placentation and in those with established fetal growth restriction.
    Clin Sci (Lond) 2008;115:219-24
  45. Savvidou MD, Noori M, Anderson JM, Hingorani AD, Nicolaides KH.
    Maternal endothelial function and serum concentrations of placental growth factor and soluble endoglin in women with abnormal placentation.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:871-6 pdf
  46. Seppo A, Frisova V, Ichetovkin I, Kim Y, Evans MI, Antsaklis A, Nicolaides KH, Tafas T, Tsipouras P, Kilpatrick MW.
    Detection of circulating fetal cells utilizing automated microscopy: potential for noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal aneuploidies.
    Prenat Diagn 2008 28:815-21 pdf
  47. Smith GC, Celik E, To M, Khouri O, Nicolaides KH; Fetal Medicine Foundation Second Trimester Screening Group.
    Cervical length at mid-pregnancy and the risk of primary cesarean delivery.
    N Engl J Med 2008;358:1346-53
  48. Spencer K, Cowans NJ, Nicolaides KH.
    Maternal serum inhibin-A and activin-A levels in the first trimester of pregnancies developing pre-eclampsia.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:622-6 pdf
  49. Spencer K, Cowans NJ, Nicolaides KH.
    Low levels of maternal serum PAPP-A in the first trimester and the risk of pre-eclampsia.
    Prenat Diagn 2008;28:7-10 pdf
  50. Spencer K, Cowans NJ, Avgidou K, Molina F, Nicolaides KH.
    First-trimester biochemical markers of aneuploidy and the prediction of small-for-gestational age fetuses.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;31:15-9 pdf
  51. Spencer K, Cowans NJ, Molina F, Kagan KO, Nicolaides KH.
    First-trimester ultrasound and biochemical markers of aneuploidy and the prediction of preterm or early preterm delivery.
    Obstet Gynecol 2008;31:147-52
  52. Spencer K, Kagan KO, Nicolaides KH.
    Screening for trisomy 21 in twin pregnancies in the first trimester: an update of the impact of chorionicity on maternal serum markers.
    Prenat Diagn 2008;28:49-52 pdf
  53. Turan OM, Turan S, Gungor S, Berg C, Moyano D, Gembruch U, Nicolaides KH, Harman CR, Baschat AA.
    Progression of Doppler abnormalities in intrauterine growth restriction.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:160-7 pdf
  54. Turan OM, De Paco C, Kametas N, Khaw A, Nicolaides KH.
    Effect of parity on maternal cardiac function during the first trimester of pregnancy.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;32:849-54 pdf
  55. Wright D, Kagan KO, Molina FS, Gazzoni A, Nicolaides KH.
    A mixture model of nuchal translucency thickness in screening for chromosomal defects.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;31:376-83 pdf
  56. Yu CK, Khouri O, Onwudiwe N, Spiliopoulos Y, Nicolaides KH;for The Fetal Medicine Foundation Second Trimester Screening Group.
    Prediction of pre-eclampsia by uterine artery Doppler imaging: relationship to gestational age at delivery and small-for-gestational age.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008;31:310-313 pdf

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