Predictive value of clinical and laboratory indices at first assessment in women referred with suspected gestational hypertension

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-179

  Anumba, Dilly O C ^a   Lincoln, Karen ^b   Robson, Stephen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Day unit; Hypertension; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URIC ACID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950855847     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: 15256065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641950902968635     Document Type: Article

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