Clinical evaluation of severe anemia in pregnancy with special reference to macrocytic anemia

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 203-207

  Tripathi, Reva ^a   Tyagi, Shakun ^a   Singh, Tejinder ^a   Manju, Amrapali Dixit ^a   Mala, Y M ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Fetal growth retardation; Fortified food; Macrocytic anemia; Pregnancy; Severe anemia

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANEMIA, MACROCYTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856283998     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01679.x     Document Type: Article

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