Diseases

Pre-Eclampsia

A complication of PREGNANCY, characterized by a complex of symptoms including maternal HYPERTENSION and PROTEINURIA with or without pathological EDEMA. Symptoms may range between mild and severe. Pre-eclampsia usually occurs after the 20th week of gestation, but may develop before this time in the presence of trophoblastic disease.

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A complication of PREGNANCY, characterized by a complex of symptoms including maternal HYPERTENSION and PROTEINURIA with or without pathological EDEMA. Symptoms may range between mild and severe. Pre-eclampsia usually occurs after the 20th week of gestation, but may develop before this time in the presence of trophoblastic disease.

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  • EPH Complex
  • EPH Gestosis
  • EPH Toxemias
  • Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension Gestosis
  • Gestosis, EPH
  • Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria Gestosis
  • Preeclampsia
  • Pregnancy Toxemias
  • Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension Gestosis
  • Toxemia Of Pregnancy
  • Toxemias, Pregnancy
  • EPH Toxemia
  • Edema Proteinuria Hypertension Gestosis
  • Gestosis, Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension
  • Gestosis, Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria
  • Gestosis, Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension
  • Hypertension Edema Proteinuria Gestosis
  • Of Pregnancies, Toxemia
  • Of Pregnancy, Toxemia
  • Pre Eclampsia
  • Pregnancies, Toxemia Of
  • Pregnancy Toxemia
  • Pregnancy, Toxemia Of
  • Proteinuria Edema Hypertension Gestosis
  • Toxemia Of Pregnancies
  • Toxemia, EPH
  • Toxemia, Pregnancy
  • Toxemias, EPH
  • Preeclampsia Eclampsia 1
  • 1, Preeclampsia Eclampsia
  • 1s, Preeclampsia Eclampsia
  • Eclampsia 1, Preeclampsia
  • Eclampsia 1s, Preeclampsia
  • Preeclampsia Eclampsia 1s

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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check tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY

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History Note

1979(1963)

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Previous Indexing

  • Pregnancy Toxemias (1966-1974)

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WQ 215

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pre-Eclampsia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011225. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011225
  2. Pre-Eclampsia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-eclampsia
  3. Pre-Eclampsia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61335