Can Serum HCG Values Be Used in the Differential Diagnosis of Pregnancy Complicated by Hypertension?

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Gurbuz, Ayse ^a   Karateke, Ates ^a   Mengulluoglu, Murat ^a   Gedikbasi, Ali ^a   Ozturkmen, Mehmet ^a   Kabaca, Canan ^a   Sahinoglu, Zeki ^a  

^a Z K Women/Pediat Dis Educ/R H ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic hypertension; Preeclampsia; Serum hCG level; Superimposed preeclampsia; Third trimester pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROTEINURIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; SYSTOLE; TURKEY;

EID: 1842532506     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PRG-120028276     Document Type: Article

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