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T E Forrester1, G A Grell, F Bennett
1Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston.
Abstract:
Blood pressure and leucocyte sodium content were measured in black Jamaican patients with pre-eclampsia and pregnant controls. Similar measurements were made in a group of mothers who had pre-eclampsia 36-38 weeks previously and their controls. An increase in cell sodium accompanied the high blood pressure in patients with pre-eclampsia. There was also some elevation of both blood pressure and cell sodium in patients who had had pre-eclampsia 36-38 weeks previously. These findings suggest that disturbances of cellular electrolytes continue into the post-partum period. Changes in intracellular sodium may be important in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia as they parallel the increase in blood pressure levels.
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