Liver disease in pregnancy and its influence on maternal and fetal mortality: A prospective study from Chennai, Southern India

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 362-364

  Rasheeda, Coimbatore Azeez ^a   Navaneethan, Udayakumar ^a   Jayanthi, Venkataraman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANLEY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS WASTAGE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INDIA; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER DISEASES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 40649125091     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282f246d6     Document Type: Letter

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