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Steven L Clark1, Michael A Belfort, Gary D V Hankins
1Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, and the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
Abstract:
Few conditions in medicine are plagued with as confusing and anachronistic terminology as the clinical variants of pregnancy-induced hypertension and preeclampsia. We propose a simple system of nomenclature that reflects both actual pathophysiology and standard 21st century medical terminology. Such a change would facilitate both rational, evidence-based clinical care, collaboration with other specialties, and research.
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