Tests for predicting complications of pre-eclampsia: A protocol for systematic reviews

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Thangaratinam, Shakila ^a   Coomarasamy, Arri ^b   Sharp, Steve ^c   O'Mahony, Fidelma ^d   O'Brien, Shaughn ^d   Ismail, Khaled M K ^d   Khan, Khalid S ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; EMBASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RESEARCH; STANDARD;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 53149150234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-8-38     Document Type: Review

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