Postpartum hemorrhage and emergency hysterectomy in a patient with mitochondrial myopathy: A case report

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 267, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-249

  Dessole, Salvatore ^a   Capobianco, Giampiero ^a   Ambrosini, Guido ^b   Nardelli, Giovanni Battista ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Emergency hysterectomy; Mitochondrial myopathy; Postpartum hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

METHYLERGOMETRINE; OXYTOCIN; SULPROSTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MYOPATHY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; UTERUS;

EID: 0037497257     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-002-0382-8     Document Type: Article

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