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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2003) 18: 860-861
© 2003 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

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Pre-eclampsia and the maternal cardiovascular risk

Friedrich C. Luft

Franz Volhard Clinic HELIOS Klinikum—Berlin, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

Keywords: cardiovascular risk; pre-eclampsia; pregnancy

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The relevance of pre-eclampsia to the offspring is well recognized. Children born to pre-eclamptic mothers commonly have low birth weight and their risk has been the subject of a vast field of investigations. Oddly, the mother's outcome has attracted less interest. Leon Chesley, the father of modern pre-eclampsia research was of the opinion that once the condition was over, the mothers had no greater risk of adverse long-term outcomes than women without pre-eclampsia from the general population [1]. This issue may prove to be the only matter in which Chesley's opinion was erroneous. Several recent studies suggest that the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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