The role of plasma exchange in HELLP syndrome

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-217

  Eser, Bulent ^a   Guven, Muhammet ^a   Unal, Ali ^a   Coskun, Ramazan ^a   Altuntas, Fevzi ^a   Sungur, Murat ^a   Serin, Ibrahim Serdar ^a   Sari, Ismail ^a   Cetin, Mustafa ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

HELLP syndrome; Plasma exchange; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UREA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MORTALITY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17444423215     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107602960501100211     Document Type: Article

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