Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2049-2066

  Geenes, Victoria ^a   Williamson, Catherine ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bile acid; Cholestasis; Pregnancy; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COLESTYRAMINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE ALPHA; GUAR GUM; PLACEBO; RIFAMPICIN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SELENIUM; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS MONITORING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJECTION SITE IRRITATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LABOR INDUCTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MATERNAL DISEASE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIDE EFFECT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETUS; HUMANS; LIVER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRURITUS;

EID: 67651146698     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.2049     Document Type: Editorial

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