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

DOI

20

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0

References

1985

Year

P Fiévet, L. Pleskov, I. Desailly, A. Carayon, J.F. de Frémont, B Coevoet, E Comoy, J.E. Demory, Patrick R. Verhoest, J.-C. Boulanger
˜The œNephron journals/Nephron journals

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.