Obstetric medicine, its premise and promise

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 295-297

  Walters, Barry N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEPHROTOXICITY; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT MONITORING; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TACHYCARDIA; THYROTOXICOSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 4444278812     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2004.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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