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Hypertension in Pregnancy Volume 26, 2007 - Issue 4
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Characteristic Laboratory Changes in Pregnancies Complicated by HELLP Syndrome

Petronella Hupuczi First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, HungaryCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
, M.D.,
Bálint Nagy First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
, Ph.D.,
István Sziller First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
, M.D.,
Barbara Rigó First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
, M.D.,
Ervin Hruby First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
, M.D. &
Zoltán Papp First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
, D.Sc. , M.D.
Pages 389-401 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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