Obstetric cholestasis in Hong Kong - Local experience with eight consecutive cases

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 387-391

  Lo, T K ^a   Lau, W L ^a   Lam, Helena S W ^a   Leung, W C ^a   Chin, Robert K H ^a  

^a KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bile acids and salts; Cholestasis, intrahepatic; Infant, premature; Meconium; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABOR INDUCTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MECONIUM; OBSTETRICS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRURITUS; RASH;

ADULT; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MECONIUM; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRURITUS;

EID: 35548961933     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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