An overview of amniotic fluid embolism: Past, present and future directions

Open Women's Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-29

  Tsunemi, Taihei ^a   Oi, Hidekazu ^a   Sado, Toshiyuki ^a   Naruse, Katsuhiko ^a   Noguchi, Taketoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid embolism; Anaphylactoid; Hypersensitivity; Meconium; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

FETAL ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MUCIN; TRYPTASE;

AMNION FLUID; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL SERUM; MECONIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOSPASM;

EID: 84860701178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874291201206010024     Document Type: Article

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