Permanent blindness as a complication of pregnancy-induced hypertension

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 943-945

  Moseman, Cher P ^a   Shelton, Stuart ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABOR; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA ISCHEMIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 0036854062     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006250-200211000-00020     Document Type: Article

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