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preeclampsia [¦prē·i′klamp·sē·ə] (medicine) A toxemia occurring in the latter half of pregnancy, characterized by an acute elevation of blood pressure and usually by edema and proteinuria, but without convulsions or coma. Also known as toxemia of pregnancy. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Glutathione S-transferase isoenyzmes in decidua and placenta of preeclamptic pregnancies. Ananth Karumanchi of Harvard Medical School in Boston and his colleagues compared gene activity in the placentas of healthy and preeclamptic women. In univariate analyses, infants born preterm to women with preeclampsia weighed, on average, 179-464 g less than those born preterm to women with normal blood pressure during pregnancy; after adjustment for all potentially confounding variables, preterm infants of preeclamptic mothers weighed between 224 g and 665 g less than others, and the differences were statistically significant. |
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