Convulsions in pregnancy in related gorillas.
Two related gorillas, the second the granddaughter of the first, had pregnancies complicated by convulsions and edema. They may have suffered from eclampsia, indicating that this is not an exclusively human disease and that in gorillas, as in humans, there is a familial factor.
Thornton
J G
JG
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, England.
Onwude
J L
JL
D000818:Animals; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000235:genetics / Q000662:veterinary; D004487:Edema / Q000235:genetics / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006071:Gorilla gorilla; D010375:Pedigree; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D012640:Seizures / Q000235:genetics / Q000662:veterinary*