Abdominal pain and preeclampsia: Sonographic findings in the maternal liver

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1077-1083

  Suarez, Bruno ^a   Alves, Karine ^a   Senat, Marie Victoire ^a   Fromageot, Jerome ^a   Fischer, Catherine ^a   Rosenberg, Patrick ^a   Ville, Yves ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hemolysis, Elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count; Liver disease; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Sonography

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ENZYMES; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY;

SONOGRAPHS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0036787728     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2002.21.10.1077     Document Type: Article

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