Radiologic studies in acute fatty liver of pregnancy: A review of the literature and 19 new cases

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 839-843

  Castro, Mary Ames ^a,b   Ouzounian, Joseph G ^a   Colletti, Patrick M ^a   Shaw, Kathryn J ^a   Stein, Sharon M ^a   Goodwin, T Murphy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

acute fatty liver of pregnancy; liver diseases; pregnancy complications; radiology, diagnostic x ray

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTITHROMBIN III; CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; NITROGEN; PROTAMINE SULFATE; UREA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

ADULT; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029809174     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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