Classification of hypertension in pregnancy

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-39

  Brown, Mark A ^a,b   De Swiet, Michael ^c  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Chronic hypertension; Classification systems; Essential hypertension; Gestational hypertension; Pre eclampsia; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; DELIVERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDEMA; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS MONITORING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL STAFF; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA;

BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 0032750935     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/beog.1999.0004     Document Type: Article

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