A randomised controlled trial of intravenous magnesium sulphate versus placebo in the management of women with severe pre-eclampsia

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 300-303

  Coetzee, E J ^a   Dommisse, J ^a   Anthony, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CESAREAN SECTION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LABOR, INDUCED; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0031952932     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10090.x     Document Type: Article

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