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NORMOTENSIVE ECLAMPSIA—IS IT A MYTH?
Author(s) -
Seligman S. A.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1971.tb01637.x
Subject(s) - eclampsia , blood pressure , medicine , cardiology , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Summary In the eclamptic state, the conditions necessary for the production of the Korotkoff sounds are changed, leading to inaccuracy in the sphygmomanometric method of blood pressure recording. This is advanced as the reason for eclampsia in the presence of an apparently normal blood pressure.