A hypothesis on the role of antidiuretic hormone in preeclampsia.
The maternal serum concentration of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) in a pregnancy uncomplicated by preeclampsia is identical to the ADH concentration in the nonpregnant female and normal male. However, elevated maternal ADH secondary to fetal hypothalamic ADH production and a genetic defect in maternal vasopressinase may be a cause of preeclampsia.
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006828:Hydatidiform Mole / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology*
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D014667:Vasopressins