Microalbuminuria in pregnancy as a predictor of preeclampsia and eclampsia

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-300

  Salako, Babatunde L ^a   Olayemi, Oladapo ^a   Odukogbe, Akin Tunde A ^a   Adedapo, Kayode S ^a   Aimakhu, Chris O ^a   Alu, Francis E ^a   Ola, Bola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Eclampsia; Pre eclampsia; Predictor; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROALBUMINURIA; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRENATAL CARE; PROTEINURIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY EXCRETION; ALBUMINURIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; HYPERTENSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; URINE;

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; NIGERIA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2342541113     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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