Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: Risk factors and epidemiologic analysis

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 154-158

  Anastasiadis, P ^a   Tsikouras, P ^a,b   Galazios, G ^a   Liberis, V ^a   Grapsas, X ^a   Koutlaki, N ^a   Anastasiadis, A F ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b Lysimachou/Petrina   (Greece)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy; Perinatal mortality; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRISTIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECLAMPSIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOSLEM; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EASTERN ORTHODOXY; FEMALE; FETAL MORTALITY; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLAM; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34948821688     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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