Obstetric cholestasis, outcome with active management: A series of 70 cases

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 282-288

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

^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)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILE ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLESTASIS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PRURITUS;

EID: 0036516338     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01368.x     Document Type: Article

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