Kidney biopsy in pregnancy: Evidence for counselling? A systematic narrative review

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 412-427

  Piccoli, G B ^a   Daidola, G ^a   Attini, R ^b   Parisi, S ^b   Fassio, F ^b   Naretto, C ^a   Deagostini, M C ^a   Castelluccia, N ^a   Ferraresi, M ^a   Roccatello, D ^a   Todros, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glomerulonephritis; kidney biopsy; kidney disease; pre eclampsia; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MORPHOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME;

BIOPSY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84873741379     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12111     Document Type: Review

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