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Preeclampsia |
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Pre-eclampsia is said to be present when hypertension arises in pregnancy (pregnancy-induced hypertension) in association with significant protein in the urine. It should not, however, be considered primarily as a blood pressure disorder: such a simplistic view detracts from the fundamental pathological process underlying this condition. It is multisystem disorder which occurs only in pregnancy and which can affect every organ system in the body, particularly the liver, lungs, kidney, brain ...
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Preeclampsia Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation http://www.marchofdimes.com/
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Clearinghouse, NICHD, NIH, HHS http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
- University of Michigan Health System http://www.med.umich.edu/
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, HHS http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- University of Maryland Medical Center http://www.umm.edu/
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