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Neurofibromatosis and severe hypertension in pregnancy
Author(s) -
EDWARDS J. N. T.,
FOOKS M.,
DAVEY D. A.
Publication year - 1983
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.1471-0528.1983.tb08961.x
Subject(s) - neurofibromatosis , medicine , pregnancy , exacerbation , chronic hypertension , obstetrics , growth retardation , disease , pediatrics , fetal growth , fetus , preeclampsia , pathology , genetics , biology
Summary. Four pregnant patients with neurofibromatosis (Von Recklinghausen's disease) either developed hypertension during pregnancy or had an exacerbation of a pre‐existing chronic hypertension. Two patients required early termination of pregnancy for severe hypertension; a third had severe intrauterine growth retardation resulting in intrauterine fetal death; and one had an otherwise uneventful pregnancy and a live healthy infant. Because of the association between neurofibromatosis and hypertension, patients with neurofibromatosis require special antenatal care and management.