The changing pattern of eclampsia over a 60-year period

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 917-922

  Leitch, C R ^a   Cameron, A D ^a   Walker, J J ^a  

^a Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030811729     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb14351.x     Document Type: Article

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