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Pre-eclampsia is a life-threatening disease of pregnancy unique to humans and a leading cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Women who survive pre-eclampsia have reduced life expectancy, with increased risks of stroke, cardiovascular ...
Nicolaides, Kypros H. +36 more
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The role of genetics in pre-eclampsia and potential pharmacogenomic interventions [PDF]
Paula Juliet Williams, Linda MorganHuman Genetics Research Group, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UKAbstract: The pregnancy-specific condition pre-eclampsia not only affects the health of mother and baby during pregnancy but also has long-term ...
Williams PJ, Morgan L
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By far the commonest cause of hypertension in pregnancy is pre-eclampsia, but other causes must not be forgotten.
S A, Saeed, S, Dean, J V, deGiovanni
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Preterm and term pre-eclampsia: relative burdens of maternal and perinatal complications. [PDF]
To determine the relative burdens of maternal and perinatal complications, for preterm and term pre-eclampsia. Prospective observational cohort study. Two English maternity units.
Akolekar, R. +4 more
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Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphism (Glu298Asp) and development of pre-eclampsia: a case-control study and a meta-analysis. [PDF]
Background: Pre-eclampsia is thought to have an important genetic component. Recently, pre-eclampsia has been associated in some studies with carriage of a common eNOS gene Glu298Asp polymorphism, a variant that leads to the replacement of glutamic ...
Nicolaides Kypros H +23 more
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In-vitro study of the effect of anti-hypertensive drugs on placental hormones and angiogenic proteins synthesis in pre-eclampsia [PDF]
Antihypertensive drugs lower the maternal blood pressure in pre-eclampsia (PE) by direct or central vasodilatory mechanisms but little is known about the direct effects of these drugs on placental ...
Muttukrishna, S +11 more
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Midwives’ knowledge of pre-eclampsia management: A scoping review
Background: Pre-eclampsia is a multi-organ disease affecting pregnant women from the second trimester onwards resulting in multiple adverse outcomes. Sub-optimal treatment of pre-eclampsia is linked with unfavorable outcomes.
Gray, Michelle +3 more
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Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia is the second largest cause of maternal death after postpartum hemorrhage. There are some risk factors that influence the occurrence of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia.
Syifa Aulia Luthfiyani +2 more
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Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a systematic review of international clinical practice guidelines. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are developed to assist health care providers in decision-making. We systematically reviewed existing CPGs on the HDPs (hypertensive disorders of pregnancy) to inform clinical practice.
Pels, A +24 more
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To quantify the association between maternal uric acid levels and pre-eclampsia risk in a large collection of primigravid women. A case–control study (1365 cases of pre-eclampsia and 1886 normotensive controls) was conducted. Pre-eclampsia was defined as
Claudia C. Colmenares-Mejia +9 more
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