Gestational hypertension and preeclampsia: are they the same disease?

J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2014 Jul;36(7):642-647. doi: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30545-4.

Authors

Nir Melamed¹, Joel G Ray², Michelle Hladunewich³, Brian Cox⁴, John C Kingdom¹

Affiliations

¹ Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto ON.
² Department of Medicine at St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto ON.
³ Department of Medicine (Division of Nephrology) at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto ON.
⁴ Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto ON.

PMID: 25184984
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30545-4

No abstract available

Keywords: gestational; hypertension; preeclampsia.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Progression
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced / diagnosis*
Pre-Eclampsia / diagnosis
Pregnancy
Risk