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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 14, 2007; 13(46): 6226-6230
Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6226
Predictors of premature delivery in patients with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
Jurate Kondrackiene, Ulrich Beuers, Rimantas Zalinkevicius, Horst-Dietmar Tauschel, Vladas Gintautas, Limas Kupcinskas
Jurate Kondrackiene, Limas Kupcinskas, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania
Ulrich Beuers, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Rimantas Zalinkevicius, Institute of Endocrinology, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania
Horst-Dietmar Tauschel, Dr. Falk Pharma GmbH, Freiburg, Germany
Vladas Gintautas, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Jurate Kondrackiene, MD, PhD, Depart-ment of Gastroenterology, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eiveniu Street 2, Kaunas 50009, Lithuania. jukond@takas.lt
Telephone: +370-37-326896 Fax: +370-37-326508
Received: June 20, 2007
Revised: August 29, 2007
Accepted: September 26, 2007
Published online: December 14, 2007
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