Peripartum cardiomyopathy - an autoimmune disease?

ABSTRACT Introduction: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is defined as a disorder of unknown aetiology that occurs between one month antepartum and five months postpartum in women without pre-existing heart disease. While the incidence of PPCM has been reported between 1: 2392 and 15000 live birth...

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Main Author: Forster, Olaf Alfred Edo Manfred
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10539/5011