Eculizumab for the treatment of preeclampsia/HELLP syndrome

Placenta

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-203

  Burwick, R M ^a   Feinberg, B B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

C5; Complement; Eculizumab; HELLP syndrome; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETAMETHASONE; ECULIZUMAB; FUROSEMIDE; HAPTOGLOBIN; INDOMETACIN; LABETALOL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIURESIS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FETUS MATURITY; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HELLP SYNDROME; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INGUINAL HERNIA; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NEWBORN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; COMPLEMENT C5; COMPLEMENT INACTIVATING AGENTS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84873288473     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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