The acute abdomen and the obstetrician

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

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-102

  Sivanesaratnam, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Obstetrics

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CYSTITIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER RUPTURE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PEPTIC ULCER; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; REVIEW; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; UTERUS RUPTURE; X RAY;

EID: 0034016348     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/beog.1999.0065     Document Type: Article

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