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Placental protein 5 (PP5) in severe pre‐eclampsia and eclampsia
Author(s) -
Lee J.N.,
Salem H.T.,
Huang S.C.,
Ouyang P.C.,
Seppälä M.,
Chard T.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(81)90040-0
Subject(s) - eclampsia , medicine , obstetrics , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Circulating levels of placental protein 5 (PP5) were studied in patients with severe pre‐eclampsia and eclampsia. Elevated PP5 levels were frequently observed in the eclampsia group. This elevation may be due to disturbance in endogenous coagulation mechanisms at the placental site.