Clinical diagnosis and treatment of acute fatty liver of pregnancy: A literature review and 11 new cases

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 751-756

  Wei, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Liu, Xinghui ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

acute fatty liver of pregnancy; diagnosis; treatment

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATINE; GLUCOSE; OXYTOCIN; UREA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABOR INDUCTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALAISE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NAUSEA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 77954893221     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2010.01242.x     Document Type: Article

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