Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) - An overview

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-240

  Rajasri, A G ^a,b   Srestha, R ^a   Mitchell, J ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute fatty liver; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUTE FATTY LIVER OF PREGNANCY; BLEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELIVERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABOR INDUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 34247590380     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610701194705     Document Type: Review

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