Admission uric acid levels and length of expectant management in preterm preeclampsia

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 757-762

  Urato, A C ^a   Bond, B ^a   Craigo, S D ^a   Norwitz, E R ^a   Paulus, J K ^b   Strohsnitter, W C ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

expectant management; preeclampsia; uric acid

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URIC ACID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867054643     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2011.187     Document Type: Article

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