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Placental Ischemia and Resultant Phenotype in Animal Models of Preeclampsia.
Current hypertension reports - 1 Apr 2016
LaMarca Babbette, Amaral Lorena M, Harmon Ashlyn C, Cornelius Denise C, Faulkner Jessica L, Cunningham Mark W
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Preeclampsia is new onset (or worsening of preexisting) hypertension that occurs during pregnancy. It is accompanied by chronic inflammation, intrauterine growth restriction, elevated anti-angiogenic factors, and can occur with or without proteinuria. Although the exact etiology is unknown, it is thought that preeclampsia begins early in gestation with reduced uterine spiral artery remodeling leading to decreased...
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