Familial occurrence of preeclampsia

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 518-522

  Mogren, Ingrid ^a   Högberg, Ulf ^b   Winkvist, Anna ^b   Stenlund, Hans ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Birth order; Cohort study; Eclampsia; Familial; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0345465920     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199909000-00009     Document Type: Article

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