Pattern of eclampsia in a tertiary health facility situated in a semi-rural town in Northern Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 164-167

  Tukur, J ^a   Umar, B A ^b   Rabi'u, A ^b  

^a BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; HYDRALAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN DEATH; NIGERIA; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 43549096890     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55703     Document Type: Article

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