Pruritus may precede abnormal liver function tests in pregnant women with obstetric cholestasis: A longitudinal analysis

British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1190-1192

  Kenyon, Anna P ^a   Nelson Piercy, C ^b   Girling, J ^c   Williamson, C ^d   Tribe, R M ^a   Shennan, A H ^a,e  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILE ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS;

ADULT; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PRURITUS;

EID: 0035169998     PISSN: 03065456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-5456(01)00281-9     Document Type: Article

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