The clinical spectrum of preeclampsia.
Though classically a disease of the near term nullipara, the chameleonlike presentation of preeclampsia makes the diagnosis at times difficult and in most circumstances presumptive. A high index of suspicion is important. Early and frequent prenatal examinations coupled with laboratory parameters should reduce diagnostic error.
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