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Is It Possible to Differentiate Chronic Kidney Disease and Preeclampsia by means of New and Old Biomarkers? A Prospective Study
1 Jan 2015
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OBJECTIVE: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and preeclampsia (PE) may both present with hypertension and proteinuria in pregnancy. Our objective is to test the possibility of distinguishing CKD from PE by means of uteroplacental flows and maternal circulating sFlt-1/PlGF ratio. DESIGN: Prospective analysis. POPULATION: Seventy-six patients (35 CKD, 24 PE, and 17 other hypertensive disorders), with at least one...
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