Hypothesis: Preeclampsia is a venous disease secondary to an increased intra-abdominal pressure

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 841-849

  Sugerman, Harvey J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOGLIN; FMS LIKE TYROSINE KINASE1; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM; FETUS PLACENTAL ISCHEMIA; GLOMERULOPATHY; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LEG EDEMA; LIVER ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREECLAMPSIA; PROTEINURIA; SEIZURE; SEPTIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ABDOMEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE;

EID: 80053999686     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.07.051     Document Type: Article

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