Serum uric acid and pre-eclampsia: An update

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 701-705

  Bellomo, Gianni ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

blood pressure; hypertension; pre eclampsia; pregnancy; uric acid

Indexed keywords

PURINE; URIC ACID;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETUS OUTCOME; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URIC ACID;

EID: 84865250828     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.12.51     Document Type: Article

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