Reduced pseudocholinesterase activity in patients with HELLP syndrome

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-196

  Lurie, Samuel ^a,c   Sadan, Oscar ^a,c   Oron, Galia ^b,c   Fux, Asora ^a   Boaz, Mona ^a,c   Ezri, Tiberiu ^a,c   Golan, Abraham ^a,c   Bar, Jacob ^b,c  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Perinatal Division   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

HELLP syndrome; Obstetric anesthesia; Pseudocholinesterase; Severe preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLINESTERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOCHOLINESTERASE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 34648840400     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719107299871     Document Type: Article

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