Hypercholesterolaemia in pregnancy as a predictor of adverse pregnancy outcome
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Hypercholesterolaemia in pregnancy as a predictor of adverse pregnancy outcome.
BACKGROUND Prevention of viable spontaneous preterm birth and low birth weight through screening is one of the key aims of antenatal care as these have implications for the child, mother and society. If women can be identified to be at high risk of these adverse birth outcomes in early pregnancy, they can be targeted for more intensive antenatal surveillance and prophylactic interventions. OB...
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عنوان ژورنال: African Health Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1680-6905
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v14i4.28