Case Report: Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy
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Acute fatty liver of pregnancy: a case report.
The third trimester of pregnancy has several unique disease entities that challenge the anesthetist. Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is an increasingly recognized metabolic disorder found late in pregnancy. Current research estimates the incidence of AFLP at 1 per 6,659 births. Improved maternal morbidity and mortality is credited to early recognition and termination of the pregnancy. The...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2160-8792,2160-8806
DOI: 10.4236/ojog.2017.710102