Corticosteroids in the treatment of HELLP-syndrome?;Kortikosteroider i behandlingen av HELLP-syndrom?

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 126, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 2253-2256

  Svenningsen, Rune ^a,b   Morken, Nils Halvdan ^a   Kahn, Jarl A ^a  

^a TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEINURIA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 33748750423     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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