Proteinuria as a predictor of complications of pre-eclampsia

BMC Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Justus Hofmeyr, G ^a   Belfort, Michael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EDEMA; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NOTE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 64949101714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-7-11     Document Type: Note

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