| Description |
1 online resource (500 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits |
| Contents |
Introduction, history, controversies, and definitions -- The clinical spectrum of preeclampsia -- Epidemiology of pregnancy-related hypertension -- Genetic factors in the etiology of preeclampsia/eclampsia -- The placenta in normal pregnancy and preeclampsia -- Angiogenesis and preeclampsia -- Metabolic syndrome and preeclampsia -- Immunology of normal pregnancy and preeclampsia -- Endothelial cell dysfunction -- Animal models for investigating pathophysiological mechanisms of preeclampsia -- Tests to predict preeclampsia -- Prevention of preeclampsia and eclampsia -- Cerebrovascular pathophysiology in preeclampsia and eclampsia -- Cardiovascular alterations in normal and preeclamptic pregnancy -- The renin-angiotensin system, its autoantibodies, and body fluid volume in preeclampsia -- The kidney in normal pregnancy and preeclampsia -- Platelets, coagulation, and the liver -- Chronic hypertension and pregnancy -- Antihypertensive treatment -- Clinical management |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from electronic title page (ClinicalKey, viewed on April 7, 2015) |
| Subject |
Hypertension in pregnancy.
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Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
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Hypertension in pregnancy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Taylor, Robert N., 1953- editor.
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Roberts, James M., 1941- editor.
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Cunningham, F. Gary, editor.
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Lindheimer, Marshall D., 1932- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780124079458 |
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0124079458 |
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