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Prevention of Preeclampsia

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International Yearbook of Nephrology 1989

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Ideally, treatment to prevent preeclampsia should be limited to patients in whom the disorder can be accurately predicted. Unfortunately, in most cases prediction is impossible since the typical preeclamptic patient is a young primipara with no previous evidence of disease, in whom a sudden rise in blood pressure develops in association with proteinuria and edema. Efforts have been made, however, to find PREDICTIVE TESTS that are of help in anticipating the occurrence of preeclampsia.

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  1. Division of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine at Catanzaro, University of Reggio Calabria, via T. Campanella, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy

    A. Dal Canton

  2. Department of Nephrology, II Faculty of Medicine, University of Naples, via S. Pansini, Naples, Italy

    G. Romano & P. Veniero

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  2. University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, California, USA

    Leon G. Fine

  3. Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan

    Michinobu Hatano

  4. Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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Dal Canton, A., Romano, G., Veniero, P. (1989). Prevention of Preeclampsia. In: Andreucci, V.E., Fine, L.G., Hatano, M., Kjellstrand, C.M. (eds) International Yearbook of Nephrology 1989. International Yearbooks of Nephrology, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1673-2_7

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