Ballantyne syndrome: Is placental ischemia the etiology?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 227-229

  Gherman, Robert B ^a   Incerpi, Marc H ^b   Wing, Deborah A ^b   Goodwin, T Murphy ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballantyne syndrome; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Placental chorangioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; HYPERURICEMIA; LEG EDEMA; OLIGURIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANEMIA; DIURESIS; EDEMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PLACENTA; POLYHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PRURITUS; SYNDROME; URIC ACID;

EID: 0031716332     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059809020448     Document Type: Article

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