Hypertension during pregnancy: A disorder begging for pathophysiological support

Hypertension

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1250-1251

  Thadhani, Ravi I ^a   Johnson, Richard J ^c   Karumanchi, S Ananth ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECLAMPSIA; EDITORIAL; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; URIC ACID;

EID: 31944447960     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000188701.24418.64     Document Type: Editorial

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