Association of fetal gender with pregnancy-induced hypertension and pre-eclampsia

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-56

  Makhseed, M ^a   Musini, V M ^a   Ahmed, M A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Fetal gender; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy induced hypertension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032191430     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(98)00078-2     Document Type: Article

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