The HELLP syndrome

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-97

  Kirkpatrick, C A ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

HELLP syndrome; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Review

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETAMETHASONE; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; CORTICOSTEROID; HAPTOGLOBIN; HYDRALAZINE; LABETALOL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER ENZYME; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NIFEDIPINE; PROSTACYCLIN; THROMBOXANE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SMEAR; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CELL DAMAGE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DELIVERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ECLAMPSIA; EDEMA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FATTY DEGENERATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; PUERPERIUM; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VASOSPASM;

EID: 77951983185     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2010.020     Document Type: Review

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