Ikuno Kawabata, Akihito Nakai, Toshiyuki Takeshita
OBJECTIVE: Early structural and functional changes in the systemic vasculature have been proposed to play a major pathogenetic role in HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count) syndrome. Our objective was to assess whether the evaluation of maternal hepatic blood supply is instructive to the prediction of onset of HELLP syndrome. DESIGN: Prospective observation study. POPULATION: Fifty-eight women with severe preeclampsia and 60 healthy pregnant controls at 25-36 weeks gestation...
August 2006: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics