Beta HCG levels in a pregnant dialysis patient: A cautionary tale

NDT Plus

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-43

  Potluri, Kavitha ^a   Moldenhauer, Julie ^b   Karlman, Roberta ^a   Hou, Susan ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

alpha fetoprotein; beta HCG; dialysis; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FOLIC ACID; INSULIN; MULTIVITAMIN; SEVELAMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL SAC; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; SCREENING TEST; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 79251491072     PISSN: 17530784     EISSN: 17530792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfq195     Document Type: Article

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