A Case of Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy / 대한산부인과학회잡지
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
; : 1542-1545, 1997.
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ABSTRACT
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is a rare, clinically distinct cause of jaundice occuring during the third trimester of pregnancy, with maternal death as the usual outcome and first described in 1,940 by Sheehan, which may be characterized by nausea, vomiting, epigastric pain, jaundice and confirmed by liver biopsy. We have experienced a case of acute fatty liver at 38 weeks of gestation in 30 year-old primigravida woman and reproted with a brief review of related literatures.
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Main subject:
Pregnancy Trimester, Third
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Vomiting
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Biopsy
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Fatty Liver
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Maternal Death
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Jaundice
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Liver
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Nausea
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
Ko
Journal:
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Year:
1997
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Article