Concordance for pre-eclampsia in monozygous twins

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1315-1317

  Lachmeijer, A M A ^a   Aarnoudse, J G ^b   ten Kate, L P ^a   Pals, G ^a   Dekker, G A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032422386     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10012.x     Document Type: Article

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