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Preeclampsia Learning Center
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Preeclampsia is a pregnancy condition in which high blood pressure and protein in the urine develop after the 20th week (late 2nd or 3rd trimester) of pregnancy.
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Preeclampsia and eclampsia are hypertensive disorders of pregnancy that occur in 5%–10% of pregnancies. In developing countries, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are the single most common cause of death in childbirth . Preeclampsia is defined ...
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Preeclampsia and eclampsia are complications of pregnancy . In preeclampsia, the woman has dangerously high blood pressure, swelling, and protein in the urine. If allowed to progress, this syndrome will lead to eclampsia.
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