Should magnesium sulphate prophylaxis be used in all cases of severe preeclampsia?

Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Bhattacharya, Sohini ^a   Naskar, Animesh ^a   Mondal, Sukanta ^a   Samanta, Ajanta ^a   Pada, Pati Shyama ^a  

^a NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Preeclampsia; Prophylactic magnesium sulphate

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956360598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09725997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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