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Altered dietary salt for preventing pre-eclampsia, and its complications

  1. Lelia Duley1,*,
  2. David J Henderson-Smart2,
  3. Shireen Meher3

Editorial Group: Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group

Published Online: 20 JAN 2010

Assessed as up-to-date: 23 JUN 2005

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005548

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Duley L, Henderson-Smart DJ, Meher S. Altered dietary salt for preventing pre-eclampsia, and its complications. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD005548. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005548.

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  1. 1

    University of Nottingham, Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit, Nottingham, UK

  2. 2

    Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Central Clinical School, Sydney, NSW, Australia

  3. 3

    The University of Liverpool, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Liverpool, UK

*Lelia Duley, Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Nottingham, B39, Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK. lelia.duley@nottingham.ac.uk.

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  1. Publication Status: Edited (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 20 JAN 2010

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Alderson 2004
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  3. References to studies awaiting assessment
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Duley 1995
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