Acute fatty liver and HELLP syndrome: Two distinct pregnancy disorders

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 215-220

  Vigil De Gracia, P ^a  

^a Complejo Hospitalario de la Caja de Seguro Social ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy; Acute renal insufficiency; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; HELLP syndrome; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTITHROMBIN III; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIVER FATTY DEGENERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN DISEASE; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROMA; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTITHROMBIN III DEFICIENCY; ASCITES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHOLESTEROL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; NAUSEA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIGLYCERIDES; VOMITING;

EID: 0035371315     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(01)00364-2     Document Type: Article

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