International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 221-227 , December 2005

Calcium plus linoleic acid therapy for pregnancy-induced hypertension

  • J.A. Herrera

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
    • ,
  • A.K.M. Shahabuddin

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Child and Mother Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • ,
  • G. Ersheng

      Affiliations

    • Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Shanghai, China
    • ,
  • Yuan Wei

      Affiliations

    • Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Shanghai, China
    • ,
  • R.G. Garcia

      Affiliations

    • Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia, Bucaramanga, Colombia
    • ,
  • P. López-Jaramillo

      Affiliations

    • Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia, Bucaramanga, Colombia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Calle 155a # 23-58, 3rd Floor, Instituto de Investigaciones, Fundación Cardiovascular, Floridablanca, Colombia. Tel.: +57 7 6399292x308 331; fax: +57 7 6392744.

Received 8 June 2005 ,Revised 30 August 2005 ,Accepted 30 August 2005.

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PII: S0020-7292(05)00484-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2005.08.018

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 221-227 , December 2005

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