Outcome of pregnancy in women with Marfan’s syndrome

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-206

  Lipscomb, Karen J ^a   Smith, Jill Clayton ^a   Clarke, Bernard ^a   Donnai, Paul ^a   Harris, Rodney ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBSTETRIC CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AORTIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MARFAN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031048896     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11045.x     Document Type: Article

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