The clinical utility of serum uric acid measurements in pre-eclampsia and transient hypertension in pregnancy

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-103

  D'Anna, R ^a,b   Baviera, G ^a   Scilipoti, A ^a   Leonardi, I ^a   Leo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypertensions; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy complications; Uric acid blood

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; URIC ACID;

EID: 0034202377     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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