title: Urinary endothelin-1: not a useful marker for preeclampsia.
abstract: Urinary endothelin-1 levels were assayed from 50 gravidas with preeclampsia and 11 with normotension in the third trimester of pregnancy. Urinary endothelin-1 levels (mean +/- SEM) were similar between gravidas with normotension and preeclampsia (62.7 +/- 7.5 vs 79.8 +/- 9.3 fmol/mg urinary creatinine, respectively). Urinary endothelin-1 excretion is not significantly increased in patients with preeclampsia and therefore not a good marker for preeclampsia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Sibai
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Whybrew
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Mercer
mesh_terms: D016232:Endothelins / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000652:urine*; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000652:urine; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins