Prevalence of hypertension during pregnancy in Portugal

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-284

  Povoa, A M ^a,b   Costa, F ^a   Rodrigues, T ^a   Patricio, B ^a   Cardoso, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH SURVEY; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNITY WARD; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTUGAL; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PUERPERIUM; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PORTUGAL; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE;

EID: 49549083061     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: 15256065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641950802000943     Document Type: Article

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