Imaging of subcapsular hepatic and renal hematomas in pregnancy complicated by preeclampsia and the HELLP syndrome

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-40

  Chan, Alan D S ^a   Gerscovich, Eugenio O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Kidney hematoma; Liver hematoma; Pregnancy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER HEMATOMA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032889548     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199901)27:1<35::AID-JCU6>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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