Acute liver failure in pregnancy: An overview

Minerva Gastroenterologica e Dietologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-84

  Jayanthi, V ^a   Udayakumar, N ^a  

^a STANLEY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

HELLP syndrome; Hepatitis; Liver failure, acute; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FETUS MORTALITY; HELLP SYNDROME; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; REVIEW; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 42049093382     PISSN: 00264776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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