Proteinuria in pre-eclampsia: How much matters?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 280-285

  Chan, Patricia ^a   Brown, Mark ^a,b   Simpson, Judy M ^c   Davis, Gregory ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN DISEASE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; SCREENING TEST; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 14644414170     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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