Use of magnesium sulfate to manage pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Nigeria: Overcoming the odds

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-75

  Ekele, B A ^a  

^a USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECLAMPSIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NIGERIA; NOTE; PREECLAMPSIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PREGNANCY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NIGERIA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 74049106102     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.56231     Document Type: Note

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