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Kypros H. Nicolaides

Kypros H. Nicolaides

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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Kypros H. Nicolaides is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a strong emphasis on obstetrics and gynecology. Their body of work also extends into pediatrics, perinatology and child health, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, public health, environmental and occupational health, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The main topics covered in Nicolaides's research include pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, birth, development, and health, gestational diabetes research and management, maternal and fetal healthcare, prenatal screening and diagnostics, assisted reproductive technology and twin pregnancy, and cardiovascular issues in pregnancy.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Pre-eclampsia, 2023, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • Prevention of preeclampsia with aspirin, 2020, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Randomized Trial of Fetal Surgery for Severe Left Diaphragmatic Hernia, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Randomized Trial of Fetal Surgery for Moderate Left Diaphragmatic Hernia, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • ISUOG Practice Guidelines (updated): performance of 11-14-week ultrasound scan, 2023, Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Argyro Syngelaki
  • Marietta Charakida
  • Alan Wright
  • Ranjit Akolekar
  • Ioannis Papastefanou

Nicolaides publishes predominantly in a set of key journals related to obstetrics and gynecology and associated fields. The most frequent venues for their publications are:

  • Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Hypertension
  • American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM

They have received recognition as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) since 2020.

Best Publications

  • Aspirin Versus Placebo in Pregnancies at High Risk for Preterm Preeclampsia

    Daniel Lorber Orber D.L. Rolnik;David Wright;Liona L.C. Poon;Liona L.C. Poon;Neil O'Gorman

  • UK multicentre project on assessment of risk of trisomy 21 by maternal age and fetal nuchal-translucency thickness at 10-14 weeks of gestation

    R. J. M. Snijders;P. Noble;N. Sebire;A. Souka

  • Fetal nuchal translucency: ultrasound screening for chromosomal defects in first trimester of pregnancy.

    K. H. Nicolaides;G. Azar;D. Byrne;C. Mansur

  • Progesterone and the Risk of Preterm Birth Among Women With a Short Cervix

    E.B. Fonseca;E. Celik;M. Parra;M. Singh

  • Non-invasive prenatal assessment of trisomy 21 by multiplexed maternal plasma DNA sequencing: Large scale validity study

    Rossa W K Chiu;Ranjit Akolekar;Yama W L Zheng;Tak Y Leung

  • Nuchal translucency and other first-trimester sonographic markers of chromosomal abnormalities.

    Kypros H. Nicolaides

  • The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) initiative on pre-eclampsia: A pragmatic guide for first-trimester screening and prevention.

    Liona C. Poon;Andrew Shennan;Jonathan A. Hyett;Anil Kapur

  • Screening for fetal aneuploidies at 11 to 13 weeks

    Kypros H. Nicolaides

  • CLASP - A RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF LOW-DOSE ASPIRIN FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF PREECLAMPSIA AMONG 9364 PREGNANT-WOMEN

    G Beroyz;R Casale;A Farreiros;M Palermo

  • The hidden mortality of monochorionic twin pregnancies.

    Neil J. Sebire;Rosalinde J. M. Snijders;Karen Hughes;Waldo Sepulveda

  • A screening program for trisomy 21 at 10–14 weeks using fetal nuchal translucency, maternal serum free β-human chorionic gonadotropin and pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A

    K. Spencer;V. Souter;N. Tul;R. Snijders

  • Analysis of cell‐free DNA in maternal blood in screening for fetal aneuploidies: updated meta‐analysis

    M. M. Gil;M. S. Quezada;R. Revello;R. Akolekar

  • Absence of nasal bone in fetuses with trisomy 21 at 11-14 weeks of gestation: an observational study.

    Simona Cicero;Patrizia Curcio;Aris Papageorghiou;Jiri Sonek

  • Vaginal progesterone in women with an asymptomatic sonographic short cervix in the midtrimester decreases preterm delivery and neonatal morbidity: a systematic review and metaanalysis of individual patient data

    Roberto Romero;Kypros Nicolaides;Agustin Conde-Agudelo;Ann Tabor;Ann Tabor

  • Evolution of Maternofetal Transport of Immunoglobulins During Human Pregnancy

    Antoine Malek;Ruth Sager;Peter Kuhn;Kypros H. Nicolaides

  • The role of aspirin dose on the prevention of preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Stéphanie Roberge;Kypros Nicolaides;Suzanne Demers;Suzanne Demers;Jon Hyett

  • Prediction of early, intermediate and late pre-eclampsia from maternal factors, biophysical and biochemical markers at 11-13 weeks.

    Ranjit Akolekar;Argyro Syngelaki;Argyro Syngelaki;Rita Sarquis;Rita Sarquis;Mona Zvanca;Mona Zvanca

  • Endothelial dysfunction and raised plasma concentrations of asymmetric dimethylarginine in pregnant women who subsequently develop pre-eclampsia

    Makrina D Savvidou;Aroon D Hingorani;Dimitrios Tsikas;Jürgen C Frölich

  • Noninvasive Prenatal Testing for Fetal Trisomies in a Routinely Screened First-Trimester Population

    Kypros H. Nicolaides;Argyro Syngelaki;Ghalia Ashoor;Cahit Birdir

  • Aspirin Versus Placebo in Pregnancies at High Risk for Preterm Preeclampsia

    D.L. Rolnik;D. Wright;L.C. Poon;N. O’Gorman

Frequent Co-Authors

Argyro Syngelaki
Argyro Syngelaki King's College London
Anne Greenough
Anne Greenough King's College London
Jan Deprest
Jan Deprest KU Leuven
Neil J. Sebire
Neil J. Sebire Great Ormond Street Hospital
Kevin Spencer
Kevin Spencer University of Cambridge
Baskaran Thilaganathan
Baskaran Thilaganathan St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Stuart Campbell
Stuart Campbell University of Cambridge
Aris T. Papageorghiou
Aris T. Papageorghiou University of Oxford
Eduard Gratacós
Eduard Gratacós University of Barcelona
Asma Khalil
Asma Khalil St George's, University of London

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