Calcium Supplementation in Pre-eclampsia

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 49, Issue AUG, 2001, Pages 795-798

  Wanchu, Madhvi ^a   Malhotra, S ^a   Khullar, M ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035436908     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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