Constipation during pregnancy: When a typical symptom heralds a serious disease

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 119, Issue 2 PART 1, 2012, Pages 374-378

  Kim, Tae Hee ^a   Lee, Hae Hyeog ^a   Chung, Soo Ho ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTETAN; DIATRIZOATE; ENEMA; ERYTHROMYCIN; LAXATIVE; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE; MISOPROSTOL; PIPERACILLIN; SULPROSTONE; TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; APGAR SCORE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COLIC; COLON PERFORATION; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; FEVER; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OGILVIE SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REHYDRATION; REVIEW; SWEATING; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADULT; COLONIC PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863032558     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318242e386     Document Type: Review

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