Prevalence and clinical correlates of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy at Tikur Anbessa Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-26

  Teklu, Sisay ^a   Gaym, Asheber ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; Pregnancy complication; Prenatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33845725244     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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