Hepatitis C in haemorrhagic obstetrical emergencies

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 178-181

  Khaskheli, Meharunnisa ^a   Baloch, Shahla ^a   Farooq, Sumiya ^a  

^a LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ante partum haemorrhage; Complications; Hepatitis C; Post partum haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS OUTCOME; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; SHOCK; STILLBIRTH; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBSTETRICS; PAKISTAN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895444866     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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