Reversible peripartum liver failure: A new perspective on the diagnosis, treatment, and cause of acute fatty liver of pregnancy, based on 28 consecutive cases

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 389-395

  Castro, Mary Ames ^a   Fassett, Michael J ^b   Reynolds, Telfer B ^c   Shaw, Kathryn J ^d   Goodwin, T Murphy ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d White Memorial Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy; Critical care; Liver failure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FATTY DEGENERATION; LIVER FUNCTION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032845378     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70567-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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