Acute fatty liver of pregnancy associated with pancreatitis: A life-threatening complication

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 502-505

  Moldenhauer, Julie S ^a   O'Brien, John M ^b   Barton, John R ^b   Sibai, Baha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRAL BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FATTY LIVER; HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CORTEX NECROSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PANCREATITIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 1342345332     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2003.09.022     Document Type: Article

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