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Chesley's hypertensive disorders in pregnancy /

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Taylor, Robert N., 1953- (Editor), Roberts, James M., 1941- (Editor), Cunningham, F. Gary (Editor), Lindheimer, Marshall D., 1932- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: London, UK : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2015]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Hypertension in pregnancy.
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
Hypertension artérielle chez la femme enceinte.
Hypertension in pregnancy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction, history, controversies, and definitions
  • The clinical spectrum of preeclampsia
  • Epidemiology of pregnancy-related hypertension
  • Genetic factors in the etiology of preeclampsia/eclampsia
  • The placenta in normal pregnancy and preeclampsia
  • Angiogenesis and preeclampsia
  • Metabolic syndrome and preeclampsia
  • Immunology of normal pregnancy and preeclampsia
  • Endothelial cell dysfunction
  • Animal models for investigating pathophysiological mechanisms of preeclampsia
  • Tests to predict preeclampsia
  • Prevention of preeclampsia and eclampsia
  • Cerebrovascular pathophysiology in preeclampsia and eclampsia
  • Cardiovascular alterations in normal and preeclamptic pregnancy
  • The renin-angiotensin system, its autoantibodies, and body fluid volume in preeclampsia
  • The kidney in normal pregnancy and preeclampsia
  • Platelets, coagulation, and the liver
  • Chronic hypertension and pregnancy
  • Antihypertensive treatment
  • Clinical management.