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The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in preeclampsia. A review
C L de Jong1, G A Dekker, B M Sibai
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Clinics in Perinatology
|December 1, 1991
Abstract:
The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system plays an integral role in the (patho)physiology of pregnancy and pregnancy-induced hypertensive disease. The current review concerns the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in relation to other vasoactive substances in normal pregnancy and preeclampsia.