[Jaundice and pregnancy. The role of viral hepatitis]

J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 1993;22(5):529-31.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Through a series of 76 cases of jaundice observed in pregnant women, the authors emphasize on the biggest frequency of viral hepatitis among the all of etiology. In fact that one represents the 2/3 of cases. They insist on the graves forms of the diseases which are responsible of a high maternal mortality and big foetal complications.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Causality
  • Cholelithiasis / complications
  • Cholelithiasis / epidemiology
  • Eclampsia / complications
  • Eclampsia / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / complications*
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / epidemiology
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / microbiology
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Jaundice / epidemiology
  • Jaundice / etiology*
  • Jaundice / mortality
  • Mass Screening
  • Maternal Mortality
  • Middle Aged
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy Complications / etiology*
  • Pregnancy Complications / mortality
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Prevalence
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies