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[Activated macrophages in the pathologic mechanism of pregnancy-induced hypertension]
H Schröcksnadel1, D Fuchs, M Herold
1Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde, Innsbruck, Osterreich.
Zentralblatt Fur Gynakologie
|January 1, 1994
Patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy demonstrated higher neopterin/creatinine ratios (urine) and elevated plasma levels of interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha and neopterin. A participation of macrophages in the pathomechanism of preeclampsia can thus be assumed.
Patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy demonstrated higher neopterin/creatinine ratios (urine) and elevated plasma levels of interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha and neopterin. A participation of macrophages in the pathomechanism of preeclampsia can thus be assumed.