Liver enzyme elevation induced by hyperemesis gravidarum: Aetiology, diagnosis and treatment

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 374-378

  Conchillo, J M ^a   Pijnenborg, J M A ^a   Peeters, P ^b   Stockbrugger R W ^a   Fevery, J ^b   Koek, G H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DROPERIDOL; INFUSION FLUID; LIVER ENZYME; MECLOZINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; OMEPRAZOLE; ONDANSETRON; PROMETHAZINE; PYRIDOXINE; AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHOLELITHIASIS; DELIVERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEARTBURN; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; KETONURIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NAUSEA; PRIMIGRAVIDA; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VOMITING; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; PREGNANCY; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0036825159     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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