Pregnant women with the sickle cell trait are not at increased risk for developing preeclampsia

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-48

  Stamilio, David M ^a,b   Sehdev, Harish M ^c   Macones, George A ^b  

^a Univ of Pennsylvania Health System ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Preeclampsia; Risk; Sickle cell trait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 0037237716     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-37953     Document Type: Article

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