Prevention of preeclampsia with low-dose aspirin or calcium supplementation

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 151-156

  Taherian, Ali Akbar ^a   Taherian, Ali ^a   Shirvani, Amin ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Calcium; Clinical trial; Low dose aspirin; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM CARBONATE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DUNCAN TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PREECLAMPSIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036662105     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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