A comparative study of folate and vitamin B12 serum levels in preeclamptic versus normotensive pregnant women in correlation with uterine and umbilical artery Doppler findings and pregnancy outcome

Journal of the Turkish German Gynecology Association

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 152-157

  Mahmoud, Ahmed ^a   Elkattan, Eman A ^a   Eldaly, Ashraf A ^a   Omran, Eman F ^a   Mandour, Iman ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Preeclampsia; Serum folate; Serum vitamin B12; Umbilical artery doppler; Uterine artery doppler

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; MULTIVITAMIN; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 70449504090     PISSN: 13090399     EISSN: 13090380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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