Women and Birth
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 171-173 , December 2008

Atypical postpartum eclampsia: Status epilepticus without preeclamptic prodromi

  • Shirin Niroomanesh

      Affiliations

    • Mirza Kouchak Khan Hospital-Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Fatemeh Mirzaie

      Affiliations

    • Mirza Kouchak Khan Hospital, Tehran, Iran
    • Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Afzalipour Hospital, P.O. Box: 76116914111, Kerman, Iran. Tel.: +98 341 2447874; fax: +98 341 3222763.

Received 4 August 2008 ,Revised 14 September 2008 ,Accepted 15 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2008.09.003

Women and Birth
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 171-173 , December 2008

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