A comparison of severe pre-eclampsia/eclampsia in patients with and without HELLP syndrome

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 29-32

  Pal, Jehan A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

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