A history of eclampsia, toxemia and the kidney in pregnancy

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 313-319

  Purkerson, Mabel L ^a   Vekerdy, Lilla ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Pregnancy; Proteinuria; Toxemia

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVULSION; DELIVERY; ECLAMPSIA; EDEMA; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; TOXEMIA; VISUAL DISORDER;

ECLAMPSIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032907501     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000013467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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