Eclampsia in the United Kingdom

BMJ

Volumn 309, Issue 6966, 1994, Pages 1395-

  Douglas, K A ^a   Redman, C W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDWIFE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN DEATH; OBSTETRICS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027971267     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.309.6966.1395     Document Type: Article

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