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Long term mortality of mothers and fathers after pre-eclampsia: population based cohort study.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) - 24 Nov 2001
Irgens H U, Reisaeter L, Irgens L M, Lie R T
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OBJECTIVE: To assess whether mothers and fathers have a higher long term risk of death, particularly from cardiovascular disease and cancer, after the mother has had pre-eclampsia. DESIGN: Population based cohort study of registry data. SUBJECTS: Mothers and fathers of all 626 272 births that were the mothers' first deliveries, recorded in the Norwegian medical birth registry from 1967 to 1992. Parents were...
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