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Family history of hypertension as an important risk factor for the development of severe preeclampsia.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica - 1 May 2010
Bezerra Patricia C F M, Leão Marcos D, Queiroz José W, Melo Edailna M D, Pereira Flávio V M, Nóbrega Maria Hebe, Jeronimo Ana K, Ferreira Leonardo C, Jerônimo Selma M B, de Araújo Ana Cristina P F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk of preeclampsia in a population with respect to maternal and sister histories of chronic hypertension, preeclampsia and eclampsia. DESIGN: A case-control study of severe preeclampsia. SETTING: Maternity hospital in Natal, Brazil. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 412 subjects were enrolled, 148 cases and 264 controls. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Personal and familial histories of hypertensive...
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