Our experience with eclampsia in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 88-93

  Chen, C Y ^a,b   Kwek, K ^a   Tan, K H ^a   Yeo, G S H ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b c/o Mutual Healthcare Medical Clinic   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Incidence; Mortality; Singapore; Symptom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; DELIVERY; ECLAMPSIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0037302836     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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