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• Preeclampsia: A review of the evidence

  Authors:T. Jido and I. YakasaiFrom:Annals of African Medicine (Vol. 12, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  April-June 20137,799 words Clinical report 1600LByline: T. Jido, I. Yakasai Preeclampsia is a common complication of pregnancy associated with high maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality especially in developing countries. There is considerable progress in...

• Another good reason to recommend low-dose aspirin: evidence shows that daily low-dose aspirin during pregnancy can safely lower the risk for preeclampsia and other adverse outcomes

  Authors:Sonia Oyola and Katherine KirleyFrom:Clinician Reviews (Vol. 25, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20151,303 words Report 1600LPRACTICE CHANGER Prescribe low-dose aspirin (eg, 81 mg/d) to pregnant women who are at high risk for preeclampsia because it reduces the risk for this complication, as well as preterm birth and intrauterine growth...

• Folic acid supplementation and dietary folate intake, and risk of preeclampsia

  Authors:Y. Wang, N. Zhao, J. Qiu, X. He, M. Zhou, H. Cui, et al.From:European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol. 69, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20153,667 words Report 1650LBACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Folic acid supplementation has been suggested to reduce the risk of preeclampsia. However, results from few epidemiologic studies have been inconclusive. We investigated the hypothesis that folic...

• Pre-eclampsia, severe pre-eclampsia and hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets syndrome: what is new?

  Authors:Etienne Ciantar and James J WalkerFrom:Women's Health (Vol. 7, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 201110,835 words Article 1310LAuthor(s): Etienne Ciantar [[dagger]] 2 , James J Walker 1 Keywords * Doppler velocimetry; eclampsia; hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets syndrome; low-dose aspirin; magnesium sulfate;...

• Vascular dysfunction and preeclampsia

  From:Family Practice News (Vol. 37, Issue 23)

  Dec. 1, 2007244 words Brief article 1480LWomen with type 1 diabetes who are going to develop preeclampsia during pregnancy have signs of vascular dysfunction early in the pregnancy, according to Danish researchers who followed 83 women. The researchers...

• Antioxidants may augment risk of preeclampsia

  Author:Kate JohnsonFrom:Family Practice News (Vol. 36, Issue 10)

  May 15, 2006735 words Article 2230LTORONTO -- High-dose antioxidant supplementation may be harmful in pregnant women at risk for preeclampsia, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. The...

• Lightning and fattening - evolving concepts in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia

  Author:Robert N. TaylorFrom:The Western Journal of Medicine (Vol. 164, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19961,751 words Editorial Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific syndrome characterized by hypertension, edema, and proteinuria. More than 300,000 new cases are expected to be identified this year in the United States. The pathophysiology of...

• The herbal medicine Toki-shakuyaku-san improves the hypertension and intrauterine growth retardation in preeclampsia rats induced by [N.sub.[omega]]-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester

  Authors:H. Takei, Y. Nakai, N. Hattori, M. Yamamoto, K. Kurauchi, H. Sasaki, et al.From:Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology (Vol. 11, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20042,969 words Article Summary The chronic inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis with [N.sub.[omega]]-nitro-[.sub.L]-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) induces a preeclampsia-like syndrome including hypertension and intrauterine growth...

• Are There Differences in the Anthropometric, Hemodynamic, Hematologic, and Biochemical Profiles between Late- and Early-Onset Preeclampsia?

  Authors:Marcia Aires Rodrigues de Freitas, Alice Vieira da Costa, Luciana Alves de Medeiros, Mario da Silva Garrote Filho, Angelica Lemos Debs Diniz, and Nilson Penha-SilvaFrom:Obstetrics and Gynecology International (Vol. 2018) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 20188,465 words Article 1500LPreeclampsia (PE) is classified as early-onset PE (EOPE) and late-onset PE (LOPE) when present before or after 34 weeks of gestation, respectively. This transversal study aimed to investigate the differences and...

• Pre-eclampsia and febrile convulsions

  Authors:M Vestergaard, O Basso, TB Henriksen, J Ostergaard, NJ Secher, and J OlsenFrom:Archives of Disease in Childhood (Vol. 88, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20031,224 words Article An association between pre-eclampsia and febrile convulsions has been reported, but the association may not be causal. We compared the risk of febrile convulsions in 14 974 children who had been exposed to pre-eclampsia...

• Heat Shock Protein 70 Expression Is Spatially Distributed in Human Placenta and Selectively Upregulated during Labor and Preeclampsia

  Authors:Akrem Abdulsid, Kevin Hanretty, and Fiona LyallFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 28, 20135,005 words Article 1410LPlacental oxidative stress is a feature of both human labor and the pregnancy syndrome preeclampsia. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) can be induced in cells as a protective mechanism to cope with cellular stress. We...

• Placental Genetic Variants in the Upstream Region of the FLT1 Gene in Preeclampsia.

  Authors:Akiko Ohwaki, Haruki Nishizawa, Asuka Kato, Takema Kato, Jun Miyazaki, Hikari Yoshizawa, et al.From:Journal of Reproduction and Infertility (Vol. 21, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct-Dec 20203,297 words Article 1450LBackground: Soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1) is believed to be a prominent component in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia, although the precise etiology has remained elusive. In this study, the etiological...

• Signs of neuroaxonal injury in preeclampsia-A case control study

  Authors:Malin Andersson, Jonatan Oras, Sven Egron Thorn, Ove Karlsson, Peter Kalebo, Henrik Zetterberg, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 8, 20215,585 words Case study 1500LBackground Cerebral injury is a common cause of maternal mortality due to preeclampsia and is challenging to predict and diagnose. In addition, there are associations between previous preeclampsia and stroke,...

• Genetic and Molecular Functional Characterization of Variants within TNFSF13B, a Positional Candidate Preeclampsia Susceptibility Gene on 13q

  Authors:Mona H. Fenstad, Matthew P. Johnson, Linda T. Roten, Per A. Aas, Siri Forsmo, Kjetil Klepper, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 29, 20107,888 words Article 1490LBackground Preeclampsia is a serious pregnancy complication, demonstrating a complex pattern of inheritance. The elucidation of genetic liability to preeclampsia remains a major challenge in obstetric medicine. We...

• LEPR c.668A>G polymorphism in a cohort of Sri Lankan women with pre-eclampsia / pregnancy induced hypertension: a case control study

  Authors:Kamani Hemamala Tennekoon, Wijesekara Liyanage Indika, Rohan Sugathadasa, Eric Hamilton Karunanayake, Jayalath Kumarasiri, and Ajita WijesunderaFrom:BMC Research Notes (Vol. 5, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  June 19, 20122,911 words Report 1410LBackground Leptin is known to be elevated in pre-eclampsia/ pregnancy induced hypertension (PE/PIH). However the reports on the association of leptin receptor (LEPR) c.668A>G polymorphism with PE/PIH are...

• Dysfunction of Liver Receptor Homolog-1 in Decidua: Possible Relevance to the Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia

  Authors:Dongmei Zhang, Dong Cheng, Tao Liu, Yachao Zhang, Zi-Jiang Chen, and Cong ZhangFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 30, 20155,894 words Report 1280LPreeclampsia (PE) is a multisystem disorder unique to Homo sapiens that is known to cause maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Between 5-7% of all pregnancies are affected by PE and it is responsible for...

• Comparison of risk factors and outcomes of gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia

  Authors:Minxue Shen, Graeme N. Smith, Marc Rodger, Ruth Rennicks White, Mark C. Walker, and Shi Wu WenFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 24, 20175,609 words Report 1430LBackground It remains an enigma whether gestational hypertension (GH) and pre-eclampsia (PE) are distinct entities or different spectrum of the same disease. We aimed to compare the risk factors and outcomes between...

• Risk of gestational hypertension-preeclampsia in women with preceding endometriosis: A nationwide population-based study

  Authors:Mei-Lien Pan, Li-Ru Chen, Hsiao-Mei Tsao, and Kuo-Hu ChenFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 17, 20175,640 words Report 1450LObjective To investigate the association between preceding endometriosis and gestational hypertension-preeclampsia (GH-PE). Methods In this nationwide population-based longitudinal study, data from 1998-2012...

• Exposure of trophoblast cells to fine particulate matter air pollution leads to growth inhibition, inflammation and ER stress

  Authors:Mary Familari, Asa Naav, Lena Erlandsson, Robb U. de Iongh, Christina Isaxon, Bo Strandberg, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 18, 20199,841 words Report 1560LAmbient air pollution is considered a major environmental health threat to pregnant women. Our previous work has shown an association between exposure to airborne particulate matter (PM) and an increased risk of...

• Impact of vitamin D and vitamin D receptor on the trophoblast survival capacity in preeclampsia

  Authors:Martina Hutabarat, Noroyono Wibowo, Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch, and Berthold HuppertzFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 8, 20185,828 words Report 1680LBackground Preeclampsia and intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR) are major health problems during pregnancy affecting both mother and child. Defective placental development and failure of trophoblast...