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SUBMITTER: Valenzuela FJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3235819 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Valenzuela Francisco J FJ Pérez-Sepúlveda Alejandra A Torres María J MJ Correa Paula P Repetto Gabriela M GM Illanes Sebastián E SE
Journal of pregnancy 20111201
Preeclampsia (PE) is one of the main causes of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality in the world, causing nearly 40% of births delivered before 35 weeks of gestation. PE begins with inadequate trophoblast invasion early in pregnancy, which produces an increase in oxidative stress contributing to the development of systemic endothelial dysfunction in the later phases of the disease, leading to the characteristic clinical manifestation of PE. Numerous methods have been used to predict the on ...[more]