The definition of pre-eclampsia

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 753-755

  Steer, P J ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032814183     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08394.x     Document Type: Note

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