Subclassification of preeclampsia.
Preeclampsia is a heterogeneous disorder, and as with other diseases (e.g., type I and type II diabetes), progress in the understanding of this disorder would be assisted greatly if subtypes could be characterized. We suggest that a first step would be to subdivide preeclampsia into early-onset disease (< 34 + 0 weeks') and late onset disease (> 34 + 0 weeks').
von Dadelszen
Peter
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. pvd@cw.bc.ca
Magee
Laura A
LA
Roberts
James M
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D008428:Maternal Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000145:classification* / Q000401:mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors