'Preeclamptic labs' for evaluating hypertension in pregnancy

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 223-228

  Kramer, Ralph L ^a   Izquierdo, Luis A ^b   Gilson, George J ^b   Curet, Luis B ^b   Qualls, Clifford R ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

eclampsia; pre eclampsia; pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

ARTICLE; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

COST SAVINGS; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLATELET COUNT; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030987986     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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