Constitutional and Environmental Factors Leading to a High-Risk Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)

Hajo I. J. Wildschut; Johannes J. Duvekot

Chapter 1 - Constitutional and Environmental Factors Leading to a High-Risk Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)

from Section 1 - Prepregnancy Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2017

Hajo I. J. Wildschut and

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Bernard Gonik and

David James: Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
Philip Steer: Affiliation:
Imperial College London
Carl Weiner: Affiliation:
University of Kansas
Bernard Gonik: Affiliation:
Wayne State University, Detroit
Stephen Robson: Affiliation:
University of Newcastle

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Each pregnancy is a unique, physiologically normal episode in a woman’s life. However, preexisting disease or unexpected illness of the mother and/or the fetus may complicate the pregnancy.

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Information: High-Risk Pregnancy
Management Options
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108349185 [Opens in a new window]

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First published in: 2017

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