1. Relationship between Thrombophilic Disorders and Type of Severe Early-Onset Hypertensive Disorder of Pregnancy
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Ganzevoort, Wessel, Rep, Annelies, de Vries, Johanna Ip, Bonsel, Gouke J., Wolf, Hans, Petra-Investigators, For The, Amsterdam Public Health, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Public and occupational health, and Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences
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Adult ,HELLP Syndrome ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Protein S Deficiency ,HELLP syndrome ,Population ,Hyperhomocysteinemia ,Thrombophilia ,Body Mass Index ,Preeclampsia ,Cohort Studies ,Pre-Eclampsia ,Pregnancy ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Birth Weight ,Humans ,Point Mutation ,Eclampsia ,education ,Activated Protein C Resistance ,Lupus anticoagulant ,education.field_of_study ,Fetal Growth Retardation ,Obstetrics ,business.industry ,Smoking ,Infant, Newborn ,Factor V ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced ,medicine.disease ,Haemolysis ,Antibodies, Anticardiolipin ,Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor ,Mutation ,Antibodies, Antiphospholipid ,Female ,Prothrombin ,business ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether specific subtypes of early-onset hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets [HELLP] syndrome; severe preeclampsia; eclampsia; and fetal growth restriction) differ in increased prevalences of thrombophilic disorders. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: Two university hospitals in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. POPULATION: 216 patients participating in a randomized clinical trial with severe and early-onset hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. METHODS: More than 3 months after delivery, all patients were invited for a thrombophilia screening protocol, including hereditary thrombophilic disorders (Factor II or V-Leiden mutation, APC-resistance, protein S deficiency), antiphospholipid antibodies (anticardiolipin antibodies and lupus anticoagulant activity), and hyperhomocysteinemia (before and after methionin challenge). Disease expression was classified by HELLP syndrome, severe preeclampsia, or neonatal birth weight ratio below the median (0.65). Univariate and multinomial regression analyses examined the association of disease expression with thrombophilic disorders, and other associated factors (chronic hypertension, smoking, body mass index, positive family history of cardiovascular morbidity, and demographic parameters). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: incidence of thrombophilic disorders in different subtypes of disease. RESULTS: Overall prevalence of thrombophilic disorders in 206 (95%) screened women was 36%. Chronic hypertension was present in 32%, and 34% had a positive family history of cardiovascular morbidity. Multinomial regression analysis showed that hereditary thrombophilia was more frequent among women with infants with a birth weight ratio
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- 2007
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