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Proteinuric hypertension in a pregnant baboon: Was this pre‐eclampsia?
Author(s) -
Ramsay M.M.,
Tame J.D.,
Winter J.A.,
Carbone L.G.,
Schlafer O.H.,
Nathanielsz P.W.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1997.tb00054.x
Subject(s) - baboon , proteinuria , medicine , preeclampsia , eclampsia , gestation , pregnancy , renal biopsy , presentation (obstetrics) , disease , obstetrics , biopsy , kidney , biology , genetics
We report the results of investigating a pregnant baboon that developed hypertension, proteinuria, and oedema in late gestation. Although the clinical presentation suggested a diagnosis of preeclampsia, the evolution of her clinical signs and results of a renal biopsy performed 3 weeks after delivery suggested that glomerulonephritis was the underlying disease.