Plasma Renin Activity, Blood Uric Acid and Plasma Volume in Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension

198520 citationsJournal Article

Authors

P Fiévet · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie

L. Pleskov · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie

I. Desailly · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie

A. Carayon · Laboratoire de Biochimie Théorique

J.F. de Frémont · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie

B Coevoet · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie

E Comoy

Abstract

LH and PH are two pathophysiologically different entities in pregnancy-induced hypertension. In PH, renin secretion is not appropriate to hypovolemia and therefore not primarily involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension. The role of hypovolemia in the increase of BUA may be discussed.

Topics & Keywords

Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Birth, Development, and Health Electrolyte and hormonal disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Nephron journals/Nephron journals

Volume 40, Issue 4, pp. 429-432

DOI: 10.1159/000183513

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