Plasma aldosterone concentration and plasma renin activity decrease during the third trimester in women with twin pregnancies

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 419-426

  Koyama, Takahiro ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a   Furuta, Itsuko ^a   Morikawa, Mamoru ^a   Yamada, Takahiro ^a   Minakami, Hisanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Hypertension; Preeclampsia; Renin activity; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; RENIN;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PROTEINURIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENIN;

EID: 84867063481     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: 15256065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641955.2012.690057     Document Type: Article

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