Pruritus gravidarum: A clinical and laboratory study

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 582-586

  Shanmugam, Srikanth ^a   Thappa, Devinder Mohan ^a   Habeebullah, Syed ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cholestasis; Complications; Pruritus gravidarum

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPULAR SKIN DISEASE; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRURITUS; URTICARIA;

EID: 0031761280     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1998.tb02462.x     Document Type: Article

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