Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 60, Issue 1 , Pages 39-44 , January 2006

Satisfaction with medical information in women with hypertensive disorders in pregnancy

  • Brigitte Leeners

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland
    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Aachen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Zürich, Frauenklinikstr. 10, Zürich CH 8091, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 01 255 50 01; fax: +41 01 255 43 76
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  • Werner Rath

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Aachen, Germany
    • ,
  • Sabine Kuse

      Affiliations

    • German Pre-eclampsia Self-help Group, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gestose-Frauen e.V., Germany
    • ,
  • Mechthild Neises

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Hannover, Germany
    • ,
  • Peruka Neumaier-Wagner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Aachen, Germany

Received 30 January 2005 ,Revised 27 June 2005 ,Accepted 28 June 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.072

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 60, Issue 1 , Pages 39-44 , January 2006

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